AN ACT relating to coverage for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the early and periodic, diagnostic and treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans offered by a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; direct that certain provisions apply to health plans issued or renewed on after January 1, 2025; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to request federal authorization, if necessary, and report on requests; require the Department of Insurance to request a federal waiver under certain circumstances; provide that provisions are severable; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.