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2010 SESSION

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SB 706 Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance abuse services.

Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance abuse services.  Requires that group health insurance coverage issued to large employers provide mental health and substance use disorder benefits in parity with the medical and surgical benefits contained in the coverage, in accordance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance abuse services.  Removes the benefit limitations applicable to coverage for inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient mental health and substance abuse services under large group health insurance policies. Under this measure, coverage for such services under large group policies will not be more restrictive than for other illness. The existing limitations will continue to apply to individual and small group policies.