HB 32 KY

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Introduced

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover at least 2 medically necessary epinephrine devices per covered person; limit a covered person's cost-sharing amount to $100 annually; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to exempt the epinephrine device coverage requirement from being suspended under state law due to the triggering of federal cost defrayment requirements; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group health plans offered by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the epinephrine device coverage requirement; provide that various sections apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; require the Department of Insurance to determine whether the epinephrine devices coverage requirement would be in addition to essential health benefits required under federal law; require the Department of Insurance to obtain federal approval, if necessary; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to obtain federal approval, if necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes in the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1); EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

• A. Moore Democratic · primary
• E. Hancock Democratic · primary
• C. Aull Democratic · primary
• R. Bivens Republican · primary
• G. Brown Jr. Democratic · primary
• A. Camuel Democratic · primary
• B. Chester-Burton Democratic · primary
• A. Donworth Democratic · primary
• D. Hale Republican · primary
• J. Payne Republican · primary
• R. Roarx Democratic · primary
• P. Stevenson Democratic · primary
• A. Thompson Republican · primary
• J. Watkins Democratic · primary
• M. Whitaker Republican · primary

1. Jan 6, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Jan 6, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Jan 13, 2026 to Banking & Insurance (H) · lower