Medicaid Mental Health Parity [SB-45]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
An Act relating to medical assistance services; relating to parity in mental health and substance use disorder coverage in the state medical assistance program; and providing for an effective date.
SB-45: Medicaid Mental Health Parity
Sponsored by: Sen. Elvira Gray-Jackson
Hss Rpt Recd Await Transmittal Nxt on 05/07/2025
Relating To Mental Health. [SB-709]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Requires the Department of Health (DOH) to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Requires the DOH to respond to reports about persons having severe mental illness who are in need of assistance, assess whether those persons fulfill criteria for assisted community treatment, and coordinate the process for an assisted community treatment order if indicated. Establishes that a court's denial of a petition for involuntary commitment shall serve as notification
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SB-709: Relating To Mental Health.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Reported From Hhs/jdc (stand. Com. Rep. No. 656) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/14/2025
Minors & Psychiatric Hospitals [SB-44]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
An Act relating to the rights of minors undergoing evaluation or inpatient treatment at psychiatric hospitals; relating to the use of seclusion or restraint of minors at psychiatric hospitals; relating to a report published by the Department of Health; relating to inspections by the Department of Health of certain psychiatric hospitals; and providing for an effective date.
SB-44: Minors & Psychiatric Hospitals
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Claman
Hss Rpt Cs 3dp Same Title on 02/07/2025
Relating To Mental Health. [SB-323]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Authorizes a person intoxicated by alcohol, under the influence of drugs, or incapacitated by substances, including a minor, to voluntarily admit themself to a psychiatric facility or a behavioral health crisis center for an emergency evaluation to determine need for treatment.
SB-323: Relating To Mental Health.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
The Committee On Hhs Deferred The Measure. on 02/10/2025
Relating To The Department Of Health. [HB-112]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to establish and operate a free statewide mental health warm line to provide mental health support in non-emergency situations.
HB-112: Relating To The Department Of Health.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Ichiyama
Referred To Hlt, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/21/2025
Foster Children Psychiatric Treatment [HB-36]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
An Act relating to the placement of foster children in psychiatric hospitals; relating to the care of children in state custody placed in residential facilities outside the state; and amending Rule 12.1(b), Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure.
HB-36: Foster Children Psychiatric Treatment
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Josephson
Cosponsor(s): Dibert on 05/16/2025
AN ACT relating to coverage of annual mental health wellness examinations. [SB-74]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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; 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 group health plans provided by the governing board of a state
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SB-74: AN ACT relating to coverage of annual mental health wellness examinations.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/04/2025
Relating To Mental Health. [SB-37]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires all public and private schools that serve students in grades 6 through 12 and issue student identification cards to have information on mental health and suicide prevention hotlines printed on the student identification cards. Establishes exceptions and penalties.
SB-37: Relating To Mental Health.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Edu, Wam/jdc. on 01/16/2025
Relating To Mental Health. [SB-34]
[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires the Department of Education to identify an absence due to the mental health of a student as an excused absence. Defines the term "excused absence". Exempts an absence due to the mental health of a student from the enforcement of penalties relating to compulsory attendance at school. Limits the number of excused absences that may be taken by a student due to mental health reasons.
SB-34: Relating To Mental Health.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Edu, Jdc. on 01/16/2025
AN ACT relating to gender transition services. [HB-154]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms;prohibit health care providers from accepting payment or reimbursement for gender transition services from a state or local government or Medicare, except when specific conditions exist; require licensing or certifying agencies to revoke a health care provider's license for a violation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 and Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304, and amend KRS 18A.225, 164.2871, and 304.17C-125 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP), state
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HB-154: AN ACT relating to gender transition services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
To Health Services (h) on 02/04/2025
AN ACT relating to jury service. [HB-100]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 29A to require the Administrative Office of the Courts, in cooperation with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to develop a brochure, pamphlet, or other brief document that contains information for jurors regarding how to obtain mental health treatment; require a judge to provide each juror with the brochure, pamphlet, or other brief document at the conclusion of a jury trial involving an offense that would classify a person as a violent offender under KRS 439.3401; allow a judge to provide the brochure,
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HB-100: AN ACT relating to jury service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Dietz
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
AN ACT relating to the psychiatric collaborative care model. [HB-78]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Insurance ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-660 to define "psychiatric collaborative care model"; create a new section of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-669 to require all insurers that issue, deliver, or renew any health benefit plan that provides coverage for treatment of a mental health condition to provide reimbursement for such benefits that are delivered through the psychiatric collaborative care model; apply requirement to health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026.
HB-78: AN ACT relating to the psychiatric collaborative care model.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/04/2025
AN ACT relating to veterans. [SB-32]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Education ]
[Housing ]
Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create new sections of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require annual job training reports by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; require a report on occupational licenses by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to review licensing practices for nurses and physicians
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SB-32: AN ACT relating to veterans.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to marriage and family therapists. [HB-49]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 335.330 to require the board to review and approve applications within the specified time frames and to issue licenses within two weeks of application completion date; amend KRS 335.332 to allow an approved acting supervisor to assume responsibility for an associate practitioner receiving qualifying experience; amend KRS 335.340 to require the board to issue renewal license within two weeks of request receipt; create a new section of KRS 335.300 to 335.399 to mandate reciprocal licensure of a practitioner licensed in another state when
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HB-49: AN ACT relating to marriage and family therapists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/04/2025
AN ACT relating to music therapy. [SB-42]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to define terms; establish a licensing board for professional music therapists; require three members of the board to have engaged in the practice or teaching of music therapy for at least three years; prohibit any persons not licensed by the board from holding himself or herself out as a licensed professional music therapist; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; authorize the board to issue a license to practice music therapy; establish the process for license renewal, suspension,
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SB-42: AN ACT relating to music therapy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 01/09/2025