---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to coverage for cancer detection."
description: "Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"cancer screeing, test, or procedure\"; require coverage for screenings, tests, and procedures performed for the purpose of detecting cancer that occur prior to diagnosis; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 205.522, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, Medicaid, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the cancer coverage requirement; provide that various sections apply to health insurance policies, certificates, plans, or contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; establish the construction of certain provisions for purposes of federal law and require state officials to comply; require the Department of Insurance to determine whether the coverage requirement for cancer detection would be in addition to essential health benefits required under federal law; require the Department of Insurance and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to obtain federal waivers, if necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 52"
citation: "Kentucky HB 52 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actuarial Analysis", "Diseases", "Education", "Higher", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Health Benefit Mandate", "Health and Medical Services", "Insurance", "Health", "Local Mandate", "Medicaid", "State Agencies", "State Employees", "Technical Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Gentry", "B. Chester-Burton", "C. Aull", "D. Bentley", "D. Frazier Gordon", "L. Willner", "R. Palumbo", "R. Roarx", "R. Roberts", "S. Stalker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcabec3c-b788-40a8-bba6-ba4eb99113de"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb52.html"
source_hash: "75b8a372af1e82738759615cccb21e6b5a96589f64a06c6704a4ab759943a0a7"
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 52 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to coverage for cancer detection.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define "cancer screeing, test, or procedure"; require coverage for screenings, tests, and procedures performed for the purpose of detecting cancer that occur prior to diagnosis; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 205.522, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, Medicaid, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the cancer coverage requirement; provide that various sections apply to health insurance policies, certificates, plans, or contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; establish the construction of certain provisions for purposes of federal law and require state officials to comply; require the Department of Insurance to determine whether the coverage requirement for cancer detection would be in addition to essential health benefits required under federal law; require the Department of Insurance and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to obtain federal waivers, if necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb52/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 75** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0075.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb52/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 52 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- C. Aull — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Frazier Gordon — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- R. Roarx — primary (person)
- R. Roberts — primary (person)
- S. Stalker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2024
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 75) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcabec3c-b788-40a8-bba6-ba4eb99113de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).