republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/sb-111.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of stuttering.	Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health insurance coverage for speech therapy as a treatment for stuttering; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 205.522, 205.6485, 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 speech therapy coverage requirement and to make technical amendments; 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 Section 1 for purposes of federal law and require state officials to comply; require the Department of Insurance and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval, if necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	SB 111	Kentucky SB 111 (2024RS)	bill	Actuarial Analysis Children and Minors Education Higher Effective Dates Delayed Federal Laws and Regulations Health Benefit Mandate Health and Medical Services Insurance Health Local Mandate Medicaid Public Medical Assistance State Agencies State Employees Technical Corrections	enacted	R. Thomas W. Westerfield	3	23	3	2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/655c5eb9-83b1-4c80-9468-18added5a469	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb111.html	0387f90285af6d81b931e291c0a38ddc79c9a9a0a0955fb6f76e042ed54fba0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 111 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of stuttering.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health insurance coverage for speech therapy as a treatment for stuttering; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 205.522, 205.6485, 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 speech therapy coverage requirement and to make technical amendments; 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 Section 1 for purposes of federal law and require state officials to comply; require the Department of Insurance and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval, 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 69 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASS SB 111 W/ hcs1 — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 111 — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Thomas — primary (person)
• W. Westerfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 07, 2024
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-1 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 35-1 with Committee Substitute (1) passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 69) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/655c5eb9-83b1-4c80-9468-18added5a469. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).