Kentucky 2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 2 D cosponsors

HB 20 — AN ACT relating to coverage for reproductive health care.

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    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 06, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 18% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

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Summary

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and any other assisted reproductive technology; establish minimum requirements for the coverage; suspend the coverage requirement's application to qualified health plans if the state would be required to make cost defrayal payments; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to conform; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to comply with the assisted reproductive technology coverage requirement; direct that certain provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill adds requirements for health benefit plans to cover assisted reproductive technology and specifies conditions under which these requirements apply, while also updating KRS 164.2871 to include these provisions.

  • KRS 164.2871

    (i) Section 1 of this Act.

    The governing board of each state postsecondary education institution must ensure their self-insured employer group health plan complies with the new requirements for reproductive health coverage.

  • KRS 304.17A-099

    This subsection shall not apply to any of the following: 2. Section 1 of this Act.

    Excludes the new reproductive health care coverage requirements from certain existing provisions that could defer their implementation.

  • KRS 304.17A-099

    All health benefit plans shall provide coverage for: (a) In vitro fertilization; (b) Intrauterine insemination; and (c) Any other process using assisted reproductive technology.

    Mandates coverage for in vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and other assisted reproductive technologies in health benefit plans.

  • KRS 304.17A-099

    The coverage required under this section shall include coverage for: (a) At a minimum, two (2) cycles; and (b) All health care services necessary to complete each cycle.

    Requires that health benefit plans include at least two cycles of treatment for assisted reproductive technology and related healthcare services.

  • If the application of any requirement of this section to a qualified health plan... results... then the requirement shall not apply to the qualified health plan until the requirement to make cost defrayal payments is no longer applicable.

    Establishes a condition for the implementation of coverage requirements based on potential state cost implications.

Action History

  1. to Banking & Insurance (H)

  2. to Committee on Committees (H)

  3. introduced in House

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (136)

136 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 20 do?
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and any other assisted reproductive technology; establish minimum requirements for the coverage; suspend the coverage requirement's application to qualified health plans if the state would be required to make cost defrayal payments; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to conform; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to comply with the assisted reproductive technology coverage requirement; direct that certain provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
Who sponsors HB 20?
HB 20 is sponsored by George Brown Jr. (Democrat) and Lindsey Burke (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 20?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 06, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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