Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB32: AN ACT relating to coverage for epinephrine devices.
Status: In committee, January 13, 2026
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover at least 2 medically necessary epinephrine devices per covered person; limit a covered person's cost-sharing amount to $100 annually; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to exempt the epinephrine device coverage requirement from being suspended under state law due to the triggering of federal cost defrayment requirements; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group health plans offered by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the epinephrine device coverage requirement; provide that various sections apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; require the Department of Insurance to determine whether the epinephrine devices coverage requirement would be in addition to essential health benefits required under federal law; require the Department of Insurance to obtain federal approval, if necessary; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to obtain federal approval, if necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes in the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1); EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.
What the bill says
An act relating to coverage for epinephrine devices.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to coverage for epinephrine devices. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF SUBTITLE 17A OF KRS CHAPTER IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this section: (a) "Cost sharing" means any copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other out-of-pocket expense requirement; and (b) "Epinephrine device" means a single-use device used to administer a premeasured dose of epinephrine. (2) All health benefit plans shall provide coverage on an annual basis for at least two (2) medically necessary epinephrine devices per covered person. (3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a health benefit plan shall not require a covered person to pay cost sharing for the coverage required under subsection (2) of this section that exceeds one hundred ($100) dollars annually. (4) If the application of any requirement of this section would be the sole cause of a health benefit plan's failure to qualify as a Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plan under 26 U.S.C. sec. 223, as amended, then the requirement shall not apply to that health benefit plan until the minimum deductible under 26 U.S.C. sec. 223, as amended, is satisfied. Section 2. KRS 304.17A-099 is amended to read as follows: (1) As used in this section, "qualified health plan" has …
Sponsors
- Adam Moore (D, HD-045) · primary sponsor
- Erika Hancock (D, HD-057)
- Chad Aull (D, HD-079)
- Ryan Bivens (R, HD-024)
- George Brown (D, HD-077)
- Adrielle Camuel (D, HD-093)
- Beverly Chester-Burton (D, HD-044)
- Anne Donworth (D, HD-076)
- David Hale (R, HD-074)
- J.T. Payne (R, HD-011)
- Rachel Roarx (D, HD-038)
- Pamela Stevenson (D, HD-043)
Latest actions
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : reassigned to Families & Children (H)
- : to Banking & Insurance (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: State Agencies, Education, Higher, Medicaid, Insurance, Health, Children And Minors, State Employee Health Plan Mandate, Drugs And Medicines, State Employees
Common questions
- What is HB32?
- HB32 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to coverage for epinephrine devices.
- What does HB32 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to coverage for epinephrine devices.
- What is the status of HB32?
- In committee as of January 13, 2026. Latest action: 2nd reading, to Rules (February 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB32?
- Adam Moore (D, HD-045), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB32?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb32.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.