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HB 939: Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

GENERAL BILL by Slosberg ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Eskamani ; Smith, C. ; Webb

Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders; Requires Medicaid managed care plans to submit annual report to AHCA relating to parity between mental health & substance use disorder benefits & medical & surgical benefits; provides requirements for certain entities transacting individual or group health insurance or providing prepaid health care; removes provisions relating to optional coverage for mental & nervous disorders; requires OIR to implement & enforce certain federal law in specified manner; requires office to issue specified annual report to Legislature; removes provision relating to optional coverage required for substance abuse impaired persons.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Health Market Reform Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/12/2019 House • Filed
1/3/2020 House • Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 81
1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 80
3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Health Market Reform Subcommittee