AN ACT relating to consumer data privacy. [HB-301]
Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish consumer rights relating to personal data, including the rights to confirm whether data is being processed, to delete personal data provided by the consumer, to obtain a copy of the consumer's personal data that was previously provided, and to opt out of targeted advertising and the sale of data; define terms; set forth the types of data and the persons or entities to which the statutory provisions do and do not apply; set forth requirements for persons or entities that control and process consumer
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HB-301: AN ACT relating to consumer data privacy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Pratt
To Small Business & Information Technology (h) on 02/17/2023
AN ACT relating to patient access to pharmacy benefits. [SB-149]
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on health plan insureds; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish prohibited practices for pharmacy benefit managers; create new sections of Subtitles 17C and 38A of KRS Chapter 304 to apply provisions of legislation to limited health service benefit plans, including limited health service contracts, and limited health service organizations; establish when legislation
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SB-149: AN ACT relating to patient access to pharmacy benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/17/2023
AN ACT relating to testing for lead content prior to a home sale or rental and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-307]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to require a seller of residential property to conduct and pay for tests to determine lead content as a condition of sale; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a lead mitigation and control fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to require a landlord to conduct lead testing and inform tenants of results; amend KRS 324.360 to add additional disclosures to the seller's disclosure of conditions form; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
HB-307: AN ACT relating to testing for lead content prior to a home sale or rental and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/15/2023
AN ACT relating to coverage for hepatitis C virus infection. [HB-299]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for the testing of hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women and the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in postpartum women; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by state postsecondary institutions, Medicaid, KCHIP, and the state employee health plan to comply with the hepatitis C virus infection coverage requirement for pregnant and postpartum women; require the Cabinet
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HB-299: AN ACT relating to coverage for hepatitis C virus infection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
AN ACT relating to coverage for parental and guardian depression screenings. [HB-269]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow parental depression screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the Early and Periodic, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Insurance Program to cover parental depression screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover parental depression screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; amend KRS 164.2871 to require self-insured employer group health plans offered by a
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HB-269: AN ACT relating to coverage for parental and guardian depression screenings.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions. [HB-285]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "breast pump," "breast pump collection and storage supplies," "breast pump kit," "clothing," "diaper," and "feminine hygiene products"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, breast pump kits, diapers, and feminine hygiene products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after July 1, 2023, but before July 1, 2027; require the Department of Revenue to report annually to the Interim Joint Committee on
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HB-285: AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to coverage for health care. [HB-286]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for the coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special enrollment rights; amend KRS 304.17A-145 to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for dependents to provide coverage for maternity care; amend KRS 304.17A-220 and 194A.099 to conform with special enrollment requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health
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HB-286: AN ACT relating to coverage for health care.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Taken From Rules on 03/16/2023
AN ACT relating to mental health coverage in connection with pregnancy. [HB-284]
Amend KRS 304.17A-145 to define terms; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for counseling interventions for pregnant and postpartum persons at increased risk of perinatal depression, including persons who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage
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HB-284: AN ACT relating to mental health coverage in connection with pregnancy.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
AN ACT relating to taxation of breast pumps and related supplies. [HB-273]
Amend KRS 139.472 to define and exempt from sales and use tax breast pumps, breast pump storage and collection supplies, and breast pump kits from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2027, and require the Department of Revenue to report the exemption each July 1; amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the department to report the exemption to the Legislative Research Commission; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2023.
HB-273: AN ACT relating to taxation of breast pumps and related supplies.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to resources for local development. [HB-255]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define "county"; grant any city or county the right to levy a restaurant tax not to exceed three percent of retail sales; require the revenue to be distributed between the tourist convention commission and taxing jurisdiction; specify uses; exempt restaurants subject to the restaurant tax from certain occupational license fees; mandate first-time tax rate levies and rate changes take effect at the beginning of a calendar month; amend 91A.400 to sunset the levy of a restaurant tax under this section; require
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HB-255: AN ACT relating to resources for local development.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Smith
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
AN ACT relating to reproductive health services. [HB-279]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to offer family planning services to certain low-income individuals; require the cabinet to report annually; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485,164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program,
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HB-279: AN ACT relating to reproductive health services.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders. [HB-283]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for FDA-approved prescription drugs for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require a self-insured employer group health plan provided by a state postsecondary education institution to its employees, Medicaid, and Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the new section on postpartum mood disorder coverage; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans
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HB-283: AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
AN ACT relating to contraceptive coverage. [HB-278]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary institution to its employees, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 446.350 to provide that nothing in the new section on contraceptive coverage
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HB-278: AN ACT relating to contraceptive coverage.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
AN ACT relating to school fiscal impact statements. [HB-227]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to establish a school fiscal impact statement to evaluate the potential costs that would be incurred by school districts and other parts of the common school system by passing certain legislation; establish the requirements and components of the statement; authorize the director of the Legislative Research Commission to implement policies and procedures necessary to produce the statements; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
HB-227: AN ACT relating to school fiscal impact statements.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
To Education (h) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to titling of motor vehicles. [HB-217]
Amend KRS 186A.005, 186A.017, 186A.120, 186A.125, and 186A.165, as effective January 1, 2024, to include the application for salvage titles under the electronic title application and registration system; amend KRS 186A.520 to conform; amend 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 19, to set a January 1, 2025, effective date for Sections 6 to 11 of that Act, regarding the centralized lien reporting system, and retain the January 1, 2024, effective date for all other codified sections of that Act; Section 6 of this bill effective January 1, 2024.
HB-217: AN ACT relating to titling of motor vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 6) on 03/16/2023
AN ACT relating to data centers. [HB-202]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to define terms; provide a sales and use tax exemption for data centers; establish reporting requirements for the exemption; amend KRS 131.190 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2023.
HB-202: AN ACT relating to data centers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Pratt
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to coverage of mental health wellness examinations. [HB-208]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for an annual mental health wellness examination of at least 45 minutes provided by a mental health professional; require the coverage to be no less extensive than coverage for medical and surgical benefits, comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, and not to be subject to any cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer
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HB-208: AN ACT relating to coverage of mental health wellness examinations.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
AN ACT relating to coverage for biomarker testing. [HB-180]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish biomarker testing coverage requirements for health benefit plans; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid to comply with the biomarker testing coverage requirements; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2024; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
HB-180: AN ACT relating to coverage for biomarker testing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 77) on 03/23/2023