KentuckyAN ACT relating to coverage for prostheses and orthoses.
What it does
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for prostheses and orthoses; establish minimum requirements for the required coverage; require utilizations review decisions to be made in a nondiscriminatory manner; require an insurer or its private review agent to provide notice of certain rights of the insured; establish notice requirements for denials; establish network adequacy requirements for the provision of a prosthesis or orthosis that is required to be covered; establish reporting requirements for insurers and the commissioner of the Department of Insurance relating to the required coverage; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured group health plans offering by the governing board of state postsecondary education institutions and the state employee health plan to comply with the requirements relating to coverage for prostheses and orthoses; provide that the Act applies to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 7signed by Governor Andy Beshear (Acts Ch. 51)Became Law
- Mar 31delivered to Governor
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 97 w/ HCS 1, HFA 1. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 31enrolled, signed by Speaker of the HouseTo Governor
- Mar 31enrolled, signed by President of the SenateMajor
- Mar 31passed 38-0Major
- Mar 31Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- Mar 31posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1)
- Mar 27to Rules (S)Minor
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 27received in Senate
- Mar 273rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)Passed House
- Mar 27floor amendment (1) adopted
- Mar 27Committee Substitute (1) adopted
- Mar 26floor amendment (1) filed to Committee SubstituteMinor
- Mar 26posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- Mar 262nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Mar 25reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Mar 24to Banking & Insurance (H)Minor
- Mar 13to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Mar 13received in House
- Mar 123rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded PASS SB 97 w/ SCS 1. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 11posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026
- Mar 112nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Mar 10reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Mar 6to Banking & Insurance (S)Minor
- Jan 15to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Jan 15introduced in SenateIntroduced