HB 51: Health Insurance/Mental Illness
GENERAL BILL by Farkas ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Meadows ; Gottlieb ; Lerner
Health Insurance/Mental Illness; cites act as "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 & health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for serious mental illness; requires benefits to be same as for physical illness generally, etc. Amends 627.668,.6472,.6515, 641.31; creates 627.6681. APPROPRIATION: $38,288.
Effective Date: 10/1/2002 10/01/2002
Last Action: 10/30/2001 House - Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 00013
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 10/30/2001 House - Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 00013
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 8/23/2001 | House |
• Prefiled |
| 10/30/2001 | House |
• Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 00013 |