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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky requires health benefit plans to cover in vitro fertilization and assisted reproductive technology starting in 2027
Last action · January 13, 2026: to Banking & Insurance (H)Sponsors: Lindsey Burke and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky health benefit plans, state postsecondary institution health plans, and state employee group health plans must provide coverage for , , and other for at least two cycles beginning January 1, 2027.
Expands mandated insurance benefits for individuals and public employees seeking fertility treatments, affecting plan costs and coverage terms across state-regulated health plans.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Health benefit plan issuers
Health insurers must update their health benefit plans to include coverage for in vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and assisted reproductive technology for at least two cycles.
State employees
State employees gain mandatory insurance coverage options for assisted reproductive technologies while remaining subject to statutory exclusions on abortion coverage.
Employees of state postsecondary educational institutions
Employees covered by self-insured employer group health plans at state postsecondary institutions receive mandatory coverage for assisted reproductive technologies.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 13, 2026HouseCommitteeto Banking & Insurance (H)
- Jan 6, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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