Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Summary
Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders; Requires Medicaid managed care plans to submit annual report to AHCA relating to parity between mental health & substance use disorder benefits & medical & surgical benefits; provides requirements for entities transacting individual or group health insurance or providing prepaid health care; removes provisions relating to optional coverage for mental & nervous disorders; requires OIR to implement & enforce federal law in specified manner; requires OIR to issue specified annual report to Legislature; removes provision relating to optional coverage required for substance abuse impaired persons.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Last action Apr 30, 2021
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to Appropriations Committee
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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