Condemning Russia's unprovoked military aggression and invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine.
Amend KRS 304.14-520 to prohibit an insurer from denying, or conditioning the effectiveness of, a Medicare supplement policy, or discriminating in price, based on the age, gender, health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition of an applicant or a person covered under the policy; prohibit the policy from containing a waiting period or pre-existing condition limitation or exclusion; require applications to be accepted, and policies issued, at all times throughout the year; provide that the Act applies to Medicare supplement policies issued, or renewed in this state on or after the effective date of the Act.
Amend 344.450 to allow parties to recover punitive damages.
Honor the celebration of Black History Month and recognize the accomplishments and contributions of Lawrence Smith.
Recognize February 28, 2022, as CARE Day in Kentucky.
Amend KRS 164.507 to remove degree-seeking requirement for nonremarried spouse and children of a deceased veteran when utilizing educational benefits and require students to use federal grant funds toward tuition prior to the use of the waiver; amend KRS 164.515 to expand educational benefit to include service members with a disability rating of 70% or higher and remove degree-seeking requirement and require students to use federal grant funds toward tuition prior to the use of the waiver.
Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 139 to reduce the sales and use tax to 5% for one year.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Darryl Owens.
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers offering health benefit plans to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for the coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special enrollment rights; amend KRS 304.17A-220 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with special enrollment requirement; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.
Amend KRS 161.155, 161.220, 161.540, 161.550, 161.600, 161.620, 161.655, 161.400, 161.420, 161.470, 161.507, 161.520, 161.548, 161.549, 161.605, 161.612, 161.630, and 161.661 and repeal KRS 161.633, 161.634, 161.635, and 161.636 to repeal and remove provisions of HB 258 enacted during the 2021 Regular Session that created adjusted benefits for individuals who become members of the Teachers' Retirement System on or after January 1, 2022; provide that these members shall be eligible for the benefits applicable to members who entered the system immediately prior to January 1, 2022; EMERGENCY.
