HB793
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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 19, 2025
Last action: February 27, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill would require most Kentucky health insurance plans, including Medicaid, the state employee plan, and college employee plans, to cover contraception without cost-sharing. It also would allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives directly, and would direct the state to seek a Medicaid waiver to extend family planning services to certain low-income individuals not currently covered. Who it may affect: Kentuckians with health insurance, Medicaid recipients, low-income individuals, state and public university employees, and people seeking contraception from a pharmacist.
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