Bill > H1038

This bill aims to prohibit disability insurance policies in the Commonwealth from imposing benefit limitations or exclusions on claimants affected by behavioral health disorders, unless those same limitations or exclusions are also applied equally to claimants affected by physical disorders. The bill amends existing laws to ensure that individual and group short-term or long-term disability insurance policies provide mental health parity, ensuring that behavioral health conditions are covered on par with physical health conditions. The bill also allows for periodic medical exams or other procedures to determine the existence or continuation of a disability, as long as these are comparable and no more frequent or onerous than those required for physical disorders.

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1038