republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-52.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 52	Kentucky HB 52 (2024RS)	bill	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	enacted	A. Gentry B. Chester-Burton C. Aull D. Bentley D. Frazier Gordon L. Willner R. Palumbo R. Roarx R. Roberts S. Stalker	3	25	2	2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bcabec3c-b788-40a8-bba6-ba4eb99113de	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb52.html	75b8a372af1e82738759615cccb21e6b5a96589f64a06c6704a4ab759943a0a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Acts Chapter 75 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/bcabec3c-b788-40a8-bba6-ba4eb99113de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).