republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-97.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to coverage for prostheses and orthoses.	Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for prostheses and orthoses; establish minimum requirements for the required coverage; require utilizations review decisions to be made in a nondiscriminatory manner; require an insurer or its private review agent to provide notice of certain rights of the insured; establish notice requirements for denials; establish network adequacy requirements for the provision of a prosthesis or orthosis that is required to be covered; establish reporting requirements for insurers and the commissioner of the Department of Insurance relating to the required coverage; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured group health plans offering by the governing board of state postsecondary education institutions and the state employee health plan to comply with the requirements relating to coverage for prostheses and orthoses; provide that the Act applies to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 97	Kentucky SB 97 (2026RS)	bill	Actuarial Analysis Disabilities Education Higher Effective Dates Delayed Health And Medical Services Health Benefit Plan Mandate Health Care Professionals Insurance Health Local Mandate Reports Mandated State Employee Health Plan Mandate State Employees	enacted	A. Mays Bledsoe A. Reed B. Storm G. Elkins J. Adams M. Deneen M. Nunn P. Wheeler R. Girdler S. Madon S. Rawlings	3	26	3	2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5261847d-0078-4d42-b3a7-f19d7888b305	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb97.html	7fc3047e7e0f0fb100f932ae7904fed864eda132b41c3f041fa0d3cf5363ab05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 97 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to coverage for prostheses and orthoses.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for prostheses and orthoses; establish minimum requirements for the required coverage; require utilizations review decisions to be made in a nondiscriminatory manner; require an insurer or its private review agent to provide notice of certain rights of the insured; establish notice requirements for denials; establish network adequacy requirements for the provision of a prosthesis or orthosis that is required to be covered; establish reporting requirements for insurers and the commissioner of the Department of Insurance relating to the required coverage; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured group health plans offering by the governing board of state postsecondary education institutions and the state employee health plan to comply with the requirements relating to coverage for prostheses and orthoses; provide that the Act applies to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 51 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 97 w/ HCS 1, HFA 1 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 95–0 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 97 w/ SCS 1 — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• A. Mays Bledsoe — primary (person)
• A. Reed — primary (person)
• B. Storm — primary (person)
• G. Elkins — primary (person)
• J. Adams — primary (person)
• M. Deneen — primary (person)
• M. Nunn — primary (person)
• P. Wheeler — primary (person)
• R. Girdler — primary (person)
• S. Madon — primary (person)
• S. Rawlings — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Committee Substitute (1) adopted
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) adopted
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 38-0 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 51) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5261847d-0078-4d42-b3a7-f19d7888b305. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).