Bill Summary

SB 706 Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (2020 Session)
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Sponsors
by Rouson
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Summary
Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders; Requiring Medicaid managed care plans to submit an annual report to the Agency for Health Care Administration relating to parity between mental health and substance use disorder benefits and medical and surgical benefits; requiring certain entities transacting individual or group health insurance or providing prepaid health care to comply with specified federal provisions that prohibit the imposition of less favorable benefit limitations on mental health and substance use disorder benefits than on medical and surgical benefits; revising the standard for defining substance use disorders, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2020
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committees of reference
» S Banking and Insurance
   S Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
   S Appropriations
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Actions
10/30/19
SENATE
Filed
11/18/19
SENATE
Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
03/14/20
SENATE
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
03/14/20
SENATE
Died in Banking and Insurance
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bill text & filed amendments
0706
Filed on 10/30/19
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
409.967
627.4193
627.6675
627.668
627.669
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