Kentucky Legislation

The legislative session ended April 15, 2008. The following bills, that the Commission on Women tracked, were signed into law by Governor Beshear.

SB 96 - Relating to health insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screenings.

SB 98 - Relating to the treatment of breast and cervical cancer in Kentucky and declaring an emergency. This bill will expand Medicaid coverage to offer benefits to uninsured women who are under age 65.

SB 151 - Relating to victims of sexual offenses. Prohibit law enforcement officers or a state prosecutors from requiring the victim of a sexual offense to submit to a polygraph examination as a condition precedent to the investigation or prosecution of an alleged sexual offense.

HB 211 - Amend the punishments for crimes relating to sexual abuse.

HB 316 - Require basic health benefit plans to include mammograms.

HB 415 - Establish a colon cancer screening program within the Department for Public Health to provide screening services to uninsured individuals age 50 to 64 and others at high risk. 

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