Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB2668: Mandating health insurers to provide coverage for pain management services
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning insurance; relating to health insurance; mandating health insurers to provide coverage for pain management services.
From the introduced text, February 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance; mandating health insurers to provide coverage for pain management services. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. (a) All individual and group health insurance policies shall develop a plan to provide adequate coverage of and access to pain management services, including, but not limited to, nonopioid, nonnarcotic medication for pain management and nonmedication pain management services that serve as alternatives to the prescribing of opioid or narcotic drugs. (b) All individual and group health insurance policies shall submit the plan required by subsection (a) to the department of insurance. The department shall consider the adequacy of access to pain management services under such plan and if any policies adopted by individual and group health insurance policies create unduly preferential coverage of and access to prescribed opioids for pain management without consideration of other pain management services. (c) This section shall apply to all policies, contracts and certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this state on and after January 1, 2027. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.
Sponsors
- Alexis Simmons (D) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Committee
- : Referred to House Committee on Insurance
- : Introduced
Subjects: Insurance
Common questions
- What is HB2668?
- HB2668 is a bill in the Kansas Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Mandating health insurers to provide coverage for pain management services.
- What does HB2668 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning insurance; relating to health insurance; mandating health insurers to provide coverage for pain management services.
- What is the status of HB2668?
- In committee as of April 10, 2026. Latest action: Died in Committee (April 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2668?
- Alexis Simmons (D).
- Where is the official record for HB2668?
- On the Kansas Legislature website: https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/hb2668/
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