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KY HB 20

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to coverage for reproductive health care.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did KY HB 20 pass?

No. KY HB 20 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-13): to Banking & Insurance (H)

What is KY HB 20 about?

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and any other assisted reproductive technology; establish minimum requirements for the coverage; suspend the coverage requirement's application to qualified health plans if the state would be required to make cost defrayal payments; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to conform; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to comply with the assisted reproductive technology coverage requirement; direct that certain provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

Who sponsors KY HB 20?

G. Brown Jr., L. Burke are the primary sponsors of KY HB 20.

Description

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and any other assisted reproductive technology; establish minimum requirements for the coverage; suspend the coverage requirement's application to qualified health plans if the state would be required to make cost defrayal payments; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to conform; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to comply with the assisted reproductive technology coverage requirement; direct that certain provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

Introduced
2026-01-06
Latest action
2026-01-13 — to Banking & Insurance (H)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • G. Brown Jr.primary
  • L. Burkeprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-13

    to Banking & Insurance (H)

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-06

    to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-06

    introduced in House

    introduction

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