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HB 453 KY
Introduced

AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.

KY · session 2026RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 21, 2026

Latest action (Jan 29, 2026) to Banking & Insurance (H)

Summary

Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define terms; prohibit insurers and administrators from requiring insureds to pay cost sharing for a prescription drug that is greater than the cash price; require insurers and administrators to count the amount paid for a covered prescription drug towards the insured's cost-sharing if certain requirements are met; establish requirements for insurers, administrators, and pharmacies for submission of cash price paid by an insured; exempt a state employee health plan from counting certain third-party payments towards the insured's cost-sharing; provide for construction of cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 304.38A-115, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to apply cost-sharing requirements to limited health plans, self-insured state postsecondary education institution employer group health plans, and the state employee health plan; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to require pharmacies to comply with cost-sharing requirements; provide that cost-sharing requirements apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after effective date; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2027.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (3)

  1. Jan 21, 2026 introduced in House · lower
  2. Jan 21, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  3. Jan 29, 2026 to Banking & Insurance (H) · lower
Subjects
Actuarial AnalysisDrugs And MedicinesEducation, HigherEffective Dates, DelayedHealth Benefit Plan MandateInsurance, HealthLocal MandatePharmacistsState Employee Health Plan MandateState Employees

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