HB550
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; provide rights related to access to contraception; create private right of action; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to exclude contraception from cost defrayal requirements; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522,…
Introduced: February 3, 2026
Last action: February 10, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill would establish a legal right to access contraception in Kentucky and require most health insurance plans, including Medicaid, the state employee plan, and plans offered by public universities, to cover contraceptives without cost-sharing. It would also allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives directly, and it would require the state to seek a Medicaid waiver to expand family planning services to certain low-income individuals. Most coverage requirements would take effect for plans…
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