---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to insurance coverage for autism benefits. Amend KRS 304.17A-142 to remove dollar amount coverage cap; to remove age limitation on coverage; to require the coverage of all health benefit plans; to add definitions; repeal KRS 304.17A-141 and 304.17A-143."
description: "AN ACT relating to insurance coverage for autism benefits. Amend KRS 304.17A-142 to remove dollar amount coverage cap; to remove age limitation on coverage; to require the coverage of all health benefit plans; to add definitions; repeal KRS 304.17A-141 and 304.17A-143."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 218"
citation: "Kentucky HB 218 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Rowland", "J. Greer", "W. Stone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f82af2b8-770b-47a3-af43-a9ef633e7fef"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB218.htm"
source_hash: "b45941abbcd8d6ce670b92f8bf0a591c04c7d5e116efe7631a9a88da390330a9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 218 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to insurance coverage for autism benefits. Amend KRS 304.17A-142 to remove dollar amount coverage cap; to remove age limitation on coverage; to require the coverage of all health benefit plans; to add definitions; repeal KRS 304.17A-141 and 304.17A-143.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB218/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- J. Greer — primary (person)
- W. Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-23** To Banking & Insurance (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2018
- **2018-02-23** 3rd reading, passed 82-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-26** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-27** To Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018
- **2018-03-22** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-27** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 86) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f82af2b8-770b-47a3-af43-a9ef633e7fef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).