republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-115.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to coverage for breast examinations."
description: "Amend KRS 304.17-316 to define terms; make technical corrections; prohibit cost-sharing requirements for any covered diagnostic breast examination or supplemental breast examination; provide for additional coverage if required under federal law; provide exemption to Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plans under certain circumstances; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-133, 304.18-098, 304.32-1591, and 304.38-1935 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with breast examination coverage requirements; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 115"
citation: "Kentucky HB 115 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actuarial Analysis", "Diseases", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Federal Laws and Regulations", "Health Benefit Mandate", "Health and Medical Services", "Insurance", "Health", "Local Mandate", "Technical Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Neighbors", "B. Chester-Burton", "C. Stevenson", "D. Bentley", "J. Raymond", "K. Moser", "L. Burke", "L. Willner", "N. Tate", "P. Stevenson", "R. Heath", "R. Palumbo", "S. Sharp", "S. Stalker", "S. Witten", "T. Bojanowski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e668c65-bfd4-4678-94fd-029616e29aa7"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb115.html"
source_hash: "24527cc9ea5920958a0ef8152c171910ccd500290b067d5c2cfbd66bfe323c98"
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 115 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to coverage for breast examinations.

Amend KRS 304.17-316 to define terms; make technical corrections; prohibit cost-sharing requirements for any covered diagnostic breast examination or supplemental breast examination; provide for additional coverage if required under federal law; provide exemption to Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plans under certain circumstances; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-133, 304.18-098, 304.32-1591, and 304.38-1935 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with breast examination coverage requirements; EFFECTIVE 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/hb115/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0097.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb115/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 115 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Neighbors — primary (person)
- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- J. Raymond — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- L. Burke — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- P. Stevenson — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Sharp — primary (person)
- S. Stalker — primary (person)
- S. Witten — primary (person)
- T. Bojanowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 05, 2024
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **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** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 97) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e668c65-bfd4-4678-94fd-029616e29aa7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).