A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department of Employee Insurance in the Personnel Cabinet to study and report to the Legislative Research Commission on employer and employee cost-sharing trends, health insurance expenditures and trends, health plan governance models, and administrative processes and costs associated with the Kentucky Employees' Health Plan and other state employee plans across the country.

Direct the Department of Employee Insurance to study and report to the Legislative Research Commission on employer and employee cost sharing trends, health insurance expenditures and trends, health plan governance models, and administrative processes and costs associated with the Kentucky Employees' Health Plan and other state employee plans across the country; require the department to provide the report and a survey of other state employee health plans to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2027.

Introduced: February 27, 2026

Last action: February 27, 2026

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This resolution would direct a state agency to research how Kentucky's employee health insurance plan compares to similar plans in other states, looking at costs, how expenses are shared between employers and employees, and how the plans are managed. The findings would be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2027. It is a study measure, meaning it does not change any current law or benefits on its own. Who it may affect: state government employees and retirees enrolled in the Kentucky Employees' Health Plan.

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