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FL S0706

FL S0706
Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders


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Introduced
10/30/2019
In Committee
11/18/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/14/2020

Introduced Session

2020 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Requiring Medicaid managed care plans to submit an annual report to the Agency for Health Care Administration relating to parity between mental health and substance use disorder benefits and medical and surgical benefits; requiring certain entities transacting individual or group health insurance or providing prepaid health care to comply with specified federal provisions that prohibit the imposition of less favorable benefit limitations on mental health and substance use disorder benefits than on medical and surgical benefits; revising the standard for defining substance use disorders, etc.

AI Summary

This bill requires Medicaid managed care plans in Florida to submit an annual report to the Agency for Health Care Administration on parity between mental health/substance use disorder benefits and medical/surgical benefits. It also requires insurers, health maintenance organizations, and nonprofit hospital and medical service plans providing individual or group health coverage in Florida to comply with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and related federal regulations, including submitting an annual report on their analysis of non-quantitative treatment limitations. The bill also gives the state Office of Insurance Regulation the authority to implement and enforce MHPAEA compliance.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Died in Banking and Insurance (on 03/14/2020)

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