HB 81: Mental Illness Health Insurance
GENERAL BILL by Hafner ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Wiles ; Fasano ; Brown ; Betancourt ; Cosgrove ; Ritter ; Miller ; Turnbull ; Frankel ; Morroni ; Chestnut ; Wasserman Schultz ; Eggelletion ; Logan ; Crow ; Rayson ; Casey
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.
Last Action: 4/30/1999 House - Died in Committee on Health Care Services (HFC)
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Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/30/1998 | House |
• Prefiled |
| 12/8/1998 | House |
• Referred to Health Care Services (HFC); Insurance (CAC); Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC); General Government Appropriations (FRC) |
| 1/8/1999 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 01/19/99, 2:00 pm, Reed Hall --Discussion |
| 1/22/1999 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 02/03/99, 9:00 am, Reed Hall --Not considered |
| 3/2/1999 | House |
• Introduced, referred to Health Care Services (HFC); Insurance (CAC); Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC); General Government Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00025; On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 01/19/99, 2:00 pm, Reed Hall --Discussion; On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 02/03/99, 9:00 am, Reed Hall --Not considered |
| 4/30/1999 | House |
• Died in Committee on Health Care Services (HFC) |