HB 386 KY

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Introduced

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings of an accompanying parent or legal guardian to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the early and periodic diagnostic, screening, and treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; suspend the coverage requirement for qualified health plans if the requirement results, or would result, in the state being required to defray the cost under federal law; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans offered by a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to comply with the perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings coverage requirement; provide that various sections apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to obtain federal approval if it is determined that such approval is 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. Donworth Democratic · primary
• A. Camuel Democratic · primary
• T. Bojanowski Democratic · primary
• B. Chester-Burton Democratic · primary
• E. Hancock Democratic · primary
• P. Stevenson Democratic · primary
• J. Watkins Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Jan 14, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Jan 22, 2026 to Banking & Insurance (H) · lower