Health insurance; mental health parity. (HB1747)
Introduced By
Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Health insurance; mental health parity. Conforms certain requirements regarding coverage for mental health and substance use disorders to provisions of the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. The measure requires that group and individual health insurance coverage shall provide mental health and substance use disorder benefits. Such benefits shall be in parity with the medical and surgical benefits contained in the coverage in accordance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, even where those requirements would not otherwise apply directly. The measure requires any health insurer whose policy, contract or plan provides coverage for mental health and substance use disorder benefits to provide to the Bureau of Insurance information regarding the rates at which claims for mental health and substance use disorder benefits are denied under each policy, contract, or plan it provides. The Bureau shall make annual reports available to the public. The reports shall provide the means to compare the rates at which each insurer, for each of its policies, contracts, and plans, has denied claims for mental health and substance use disorder benefits. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/12/2015 | Committee |
| 01/12/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102802D |
| 01/12/2015 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 01/22/2015 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/26/2015 | Read first time |
| 01/27/2015 | Read second time |
| 01/27/2015 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 01/27/2015 | Engrossed by House as amended HB1747E |
| 01/27/2015 | Printed as engrossed 15102802D-E |
| 01/28/2015 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 01/28/2015 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/29/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/29/2015 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 02/16/2015 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/19/2015 | Read third time |
| 02/19/2015 | Reading of amendment waived |
| 02/19/2015 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 02/19/2015 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/19/2015 | Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/23/2015 | Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N) |
| 02/23/2015 | VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/26/2015 | Enrolled |
| 02/26/2015 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1747ER) |
| 02/26/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/26/2015 | Signed by President |
| 02/27/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| 02/27/2015 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/27/15 |
| 02/27/2015 | Impact statement from SCC (HB1747ER) |
| 02/27/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
| 03/26/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 649 (effective 7/1/15) |
| 03/26/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649) |