Bill Sponsor
Kentucky Senate Bill 97
Session 2026RS
AN ACT relating to coverage for prostheses and orthoses.
Became Law
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Apr 7, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
97
State
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Senate Votes (3)
Motion Text
FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 97 w/ HCS 1, HFA 1
Senate Roll Call Votes
Unknown
Berg
Yes
Unknown
Boswell
Yes
Unknown
Carpenter
Yes
Unknown
Carroll
Yes
Unknown
ChambersArmstrong
Yes
Unknown
Clemons
Yes
Unknown
Deneen
Yes
Unknown
Douglas
Yes
Unknown
Elkins
Yes
Unknown
Funke Frommeyer
Yes
Unknown
Girdler
Yes
Unknown
Givens
Yes
Unknown
Herron
Yes
Unknown
Higdon
Yes
Unknown
Howell
Yes
Unknown
Madon
Yes
Unknown
Mays Bledsoe
Yes
Unknown
McDaniel
Yes
Unknown
Mills
Yes
Unknown
Neal
Yes
Unknown
Nunn
Yes
Unknown
Raque Adams
Yes
Unknown
Rawlings
Yes
Unknown
Reed
Yes
Unknown
Richardson
Yes
Unknown
Stivers
Yes
Unknown
Storm
Yes
Unknown
Tichenor
Yes
Unknown
Webb
Yes
Unknown
West
Yes
Unknown
Wheeler
Yes
Unknown
Wise
Yes
Summary
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for prostheses and orthoses; establish minimum requirements for the required coverage; require utilizations review decisions to be made in a nondiscriminatory manner; require an insurer or its private review agent to provide notice of certain rights of the insured; establish notice requirements for denials; establish network adequacy requirements for the provision of a prosthesis or orthosis that is required to be covered; establish reporting requirements for insurers and the commissioner of the Department of Insurance relating to the required coverage; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured group health plans offering by the governing board of state postsecondary education institutions and the state employee health plan to comply with the requirements relating to coverage for prostheses and orthoses; provide that the Act applies to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
04/07/2026
Senate
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 51)
03/31/2026
Senate
delivered to Governor
03/31/2026
House
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
03/31/2026
Senate
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
03/31/2026
Senate
passed 38-0
03/31/2026
Senate
Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
03/31/2026
Senate
posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1)
03/27/2026
Senate
to Rules (S)
03/27/2026
Senate
received in Senate
03/27/2026
Senate
3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
03/27/2026
Senate
floor amendment (1) adopted
03/27/2026
Senate
Committee Substitute (1) adopted
03/26/2026
Senate
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/26/2026
Senate
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
03/26/2026
Senate
2nd reading, to Rules
03/25/2026
Senate
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/24/2026
House
to Banking & Insurance (H)
03/13/2026
House
to Committee on Committees (H)
03/13/2026
House
received in House
03/12/2026
Senate
3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/11/2026
Senate
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026
03/11/2026
Senate
2nd reading, to Rules
03/10/2026
Senate
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/06/2026
Senate
to Banking & Insurance (S)
01/15/2026
Senate
to Committee on Committees (S)
01/15/2026
Senate
introduced in Senate
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Record Created
Jan 16, 2026 12:39:34 AM
Record Updated
Apr 16, 2026 9:14:18 AM