K.R.S. §304.17A-148 - Diabetes and Health Insurance in Kentucky

K.R.S. §304.17A-148 -1998 law. Requires coverage for equipment, supplies and necessary training. (link requires Adobe Reader)

Summary of Provisions

* Requirement related to diabetes? Yes
* Diabetes Education services covered? Yes
* Medical nutritional therapy covered? Yes
* Diabetes supplies covered? Yes
* Specified supplies covered? No

304.17A-148 Coverage for diabetes.

(1) All health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after July 15, 1998, shall provide coverage for equipment, supplies, outpatient self-management training and education, including medical nutrition therapy, and all medications necessary for the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes, insulin-using diabetes, gestational diabetes, and noninsulin-using diabetes if prescribed by a health care provider legally authorized to prescribe the items.

(2) Diabetes outpatient self-management training and education shall be provided by a certified, registered, or licensed health care professional with expertise in diabetes, as deemed necessary by a health care provider.

(3) (a) The benefits provided in this section shall be subject to the same annual deductibles or coinsurance established for all other covered benefits within a given health benefit plan.

(b) Private third-party payors may not reduce or eliminate coverage due to the requirements of this section.

History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 476, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998.

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