The Florida Senate

SB 302: Mental Illness Health Insurance

GENERAL BILL by Campbell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Latvala

Mental Illness Health Insurance; creates "Dianne Steele Mental Illness Insurance Parity Act"; provides that current requirement for group insurers to offer coverage for mental health conditions does not apply to serious mental illness; requires group health insurers & HMOs to provide coverage for serious mental illness; requires benefits to be same as for physical illness generally; provides applicability, etc. Amends 627.668,.6472,.6515, 641.31; creates 627.6681. APPROPRIATION: $38,288.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/30/1998	Senate	• Prefiled
  1/20/1999	Senate	• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Fiscal Policy
  3/2/1999	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Banking and Insurance; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00033
  4/21/1999	Senate	• Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00600; Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 00600

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• SB 302, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:54 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 81	Mental Illness Health Insurance	Hafner	Similar	Last Action: 4/30/1999 H Died in Committee on Health Care Services (HFC) Location:
  H 399	Mental Illness Health Insurance	Frankel	Similar	Last Action: 2/1/1999 H Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 00045 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (5)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  627.6472	Exclusive provider organizations.
  627.6515	Out-of-state groups.
  627.668	Optional coverage for mental and nervous disorders required; exception.
  627.6681
  641.31	Health maintenance contracts.

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