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2020 SESSION
SB 280 Health insurance; mental health parity, required report.
Introduced by: George L. Barker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Health insurance; mental health parity; required report. Codifies an existing requirement that the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance make an annual report regarding claims information for mental health and substance use disorder benefits. The bill adds information regarding network adequacy to such report and requires the Bureau to submit the report to the House Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor by September 1 of each year. The bill directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to conduct a third-party review of the Bureau's report. The bill requires JLARC, in conducting its review, to examine the information compiled by the Bureau from 2017 through 2020 and any other information it deems relevant and to report (i) its findings regarding mental health and substance abuse disorder benefits parity with medical and surgical benefits and access to mental health and substance abuse disorder services and (ii) its recommendations, if any, to the House Committee on Labor and Commerce, the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, and the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century by December 1, 2020.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103378D pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB280ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0847) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/03/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103378D
- 01/03/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/09/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/20 House: Read first time
- 02/14/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/14/20 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/18/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 House: Read second time
- 02/25/20 House: Read third time
- 02/25/20 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/02/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB280ER)
- 03/02/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/07/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 847 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0847)