HB 955: Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
GENERAL BILL by Shaw ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Asencio ; Daniels ; Jenne ; Mercado
Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders; Requires contracts between AHCA & certain managed care plans to require plans to submit specified annual report to agency for parity between mental health & substance use disorder benefits, & medical and surgical benefits; deletes certain provisions requiring insurers and specified health service entities transacting certain insurance or prepaid health care to offer specified optional coverage for mental & nervous disorders; requires such entities to comply with specified provisions prohibiting imposition of less favorable benefit limitations on mental health & substance use disorder benefits.
Last Action: 3/10/2018 House - Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 12/8/2017 House • Filed
12/20/2017 House • Referred to Health Innovation Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 83
1/9/2018 House • Introduced -HJ 83
3/10/2018 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
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HB 955, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/8/2017 at 8:48 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1422 (c1) Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Rouson Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Appropriations 
Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 409.967 Managed care plan accountability. Page 2 (pdf) 627.4193 Page 6 (pdf) 627.6675 Conversion on termination of eligibility. Page 5 (pdf) 627.668 Optional coverage for mental and nervous disorders required; exception. Page 6 (pdf)