Kentucky 2023 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 592 — AN ACT relating to behavioral health services.

Last action — to Committee on Committees (H)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms, establish a Kentucky Youth Mobile Crisis Response Program within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, set requirements for mobile crisis response teams, require the cabinet to develop protocols, issue a report to the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Family Services; and require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; establish a Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Advisory Board; require behavioral health emergency services and mobile crisis team services to be funded by the state if the individual meets the definition of uninsured or if the service is not covered by the individual's health plan; require a health insurance policy or plan that provides benefits for mental health or substance abuse to provide coverage for behavioral health emergency services; amend KRS 205.522 to require that Medicaid cover behavioral health emergency services; amend KRS 205.6485 to require behavioral health emergency services to be covered by the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program; amend KRS 164.2871 to require coverage for behavioral health emergency services under the self-insured employer group health plan; amend KRS 18A.225 to require coverage for behavioral health emergency services under the state employee health insurance program; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a waiver should it be necessary; EFFECTIVE; in part, January 1, 2024.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. to Committee on Committees (H)

  2. introduced in House

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (138)

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 592 do?
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms, establish a Kentucky Youth Mobile Crisis Response Program within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, set requirements for mobile crisis response teams, require the cabinet to develop protocols, issue a report to the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Family Services; and require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; establish a Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Advisory Board; require behavioral health emergency services and mobile crisis team services to be funded by the state if the individual meets the definition of uninsured or if the service is not covered by the individual's health plan; require a health insurance policy or plan that provides benefits for mental health or substance abuse to provide coverage for behavioral health emergency services; amend KRS 205.522 to require that Medicaid cover behavioral health emergency services; amend KRS 205.6485 to require behavioral health emergency services to be covered by the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program; amend KRS 164.2871 to require coverage for behavioral health emergency services under the self-insured employer group health plan; amend KRS 18A.225 to require coverage for behavioral health emergency services under the state employee health insurance program; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a waiver should it be necessary; EFFECTIVE; in part, January 1, 2024.
What is the current status of HB 592?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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