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KY SJR130
Joint Resolution
Status
2/27/2026
Primary Sponsor
Gex Williams
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AI Summary
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Kentucky Employees' Health Plan (KEHP) expenditures increased from $1.6 billion in 2019 to $2 billion in 2023, with projections exceeding $2.5 billion in 2025 and a 24% premium increase expected over the next budget biennium.
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Department of Employee Insurance must conduct a comprehensive study of KEHP covering plan year 2025 data, five-year trend analyses of medical claims, pharmacy claims, administrative expenses, and employer-employee cost-sharing.
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Study must include detailed analysis of top 25 prescription drug expenditures and top 25 medical claim expenditures by clinical condition, plus a listing of all third-party vendors and payments over five years.
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State-by-state survey required comparing KEHP to other state employee health plans on governance models, self-insured vs. fully-insured status, cost differences, and cost containment mechanisms.
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Report due to Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2027.
Legislative Description
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department of Employee Insurance in the Personnel Cabinet to study and report to the Legislative Research Commission on employer and employee cost-sharing trends, health insurance expenditures and trends, health plan governance models, and administrative processes and costs associated with the Kentucky Employees' Health Plan and other state employee plans across the country.
State Agencies
Last Action
to Committee on Committees (S)
2/27/2026