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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of stuttering."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 111"
citation: "Kentucky SB 111 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Thomas", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/655c5eb9-83b1-4c80-9468-18added5a469"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb111.html"
source_hash: "0387f90285af6d81b931e291c0a38ddc79c9a9a0a0955fb6f76e042ed54fba0c"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb111/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 69** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0069.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb111/bill.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/655c5eb9-83b1-4c80-9468-18added5a469`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).