HB 700 KY

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Introduced

Create a new section of Subtitle17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for 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 the special enrollment requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with the special enrollment and maternity coverage requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to define terms and provide for the payment of coverage premiums to eligible individuals; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid coverage for maternity services; amend KRS 205.592 to allow the Medicaid income limit for certain women and children to be increased under certain circumstances; amend KRS 205.6485 to require Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to provide maternity coverage; amend KRS 164.2847 to provide for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees for a child conceived and born as a result of sexual assault; amend KRS 164.2849 to declare the interests of the Commonwealth in protecting the unborn and supporting a child conceived and born as a result of sexual assault within established parameters; amend KRS 199.011 to define a child conceived and delivered as a result of sexual assault; amend KRS 199.473 to waive certain fees related to adoption proceedings; amend KRS 199.502 to include a conviction for specified criminal acts for an adoption without consent of the biological living parents; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish entitlement to nonrecurring adoption expenses under specified circumstances; amend KRS 199.894 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.8996 to establish the Child Care Assistance Program and establish eligibility requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to direct the Cabinet to provide informational material on benefits available to a victim of sexual assault and a child conceived as a result of the sexual assault; amend KRS 216B.400 to establish requirements for receipt of specified benefits related to sexual assault that results in pregnancy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 49 to establish benefits available to a child born as a result of sexual assault; amend KRS 49.310 to conform; amend KRS 625.090 to add a conviction or guilty plea to any degree of rape, sexual abuse, or sexual misconduct as a basis to terminate parental rights; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver if potential cost defrayment or loss of federal funds is identified; provide that the Act may be cited as the Love Them Both Act; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.

• J. Nemes Republican · primary
• N. Tate Republican · primary
• S. Baker Republican · primary
• K. Banta Republican · primary
• J. Bauman Republican · primary
• D. Bentley · primary
• K. Bratcher · primary
• S. Bratcher Republican · primary
• J. Calloway Republican · primary
• R. Dotson Republican · primary
• D. Fister Republican · primary
• P. Flannery Republican · primary
• K. Fleming Republican · primary
• C. Fugate Republican · primary
• D. Hale Republican · primary
• M. Hart Republican · primary
• R. Heath · primary
• J. Hodgson Republican · primary
• T. Huff Republican · primary
• M. Imes Republican · primary
• DJ Johnson Republican · primary
• B. McCool Republican · primary
• S. McPherson Republican · primary
• K. Moser Republican · primary
• P. Pratt · primary
• M. Proctor Republican · primary
• W. Thomas Republican · primary
• T. Truett Republican · primary
• B. Wesley Republican · primary
• R. White Republican · primary
• S. Witten Republican · primary

1. Feb 26, 2024 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 26, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Mar 15, 2024 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Introduced · PDF