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Bill AN ACT relating to the psychiatric collaborative care model. Create a new section of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-669 to define "psychiatric collaborative care model"; require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate and maintain an administrative regulation to list alterations and additions to relevant billing codes; require health benefit plans that provide coverage for treatment of a mental health condition to provide reimbursement for those benefits that are delivered through the psychiatric collaborative care model; authorize insurers to deny any benefit billed under a covered billing code on grounds of medical necessity if certain conditions are met; apply requirement to health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; require the Department of Insurance to seek a federal waiver if cost defrayal is determined. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2026RS HB 178 Kentucky HB 178 (2026RS)
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D. Grossberg
K. Moser
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Kentucky HB 178 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the psychiatric collaborative care model.

Create a new section of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-669 to define "psychiatric collaborative care model"; require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate and maintain an administrative regulation to list alterations and additions to relevant billing codes; require health benefit plans that provide coverage for treatment of a mental health condition to provide reimbursement for those benefits that are delivered through the psychiatric collaborative care model; authorize insurers to deny any benefit billed under a covered billing code on grounds of medical necessity if certain conditions are met; apply requirement to health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; require the Department of Insurance to seek a federal waiver if cost defrayal is determined.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 103 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 178 — 380 (pass) · lower
  • Pass — 930 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • B. McCool — primary (person)
  • D. Grossberg — primary (person)
  • K. Moser — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
  • 2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 20, 2026
  • 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-0 passage, reading-3
  • 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
  • 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
  • 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 103) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/288b4f0c-7d49-486c-ac2d-58ad60fe94fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).