CS/SB 1422 (2018) -  Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

General Bill by Banking and Insurance and Rouson
Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Requiring contracts between the Agency for Health Care Administration and certain managed care plans to require the plans to submit a specified annual report to the agency relating to parity between mental health and substance use disorder benefits and medical and surgical benefits; deleting certain provisions that require insurers, health maintenance organizations, and nonprofit hospital and medical service plan organizations transacting group health insurance or providing prepaid health care to offer specified optional coverage for mental and nervous disorders; repealing provisions relating to optional coverage required for substance abuse impaired persons, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2018
Last Event: 03/10/18 S Died in Appropriations on Saturday, March 10, 2018 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Banking and Insurance
    • On agenda for: 02/06/18 11:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 10   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    • On agenda for: 02/21/18 4:00 PM
    • Recommendation: Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 955 Subject: Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
    • P 243598 , Appropriations Date Filed: 02/23/18, Line#: 0
    • A 370074 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Rouson Date Filed: 02/20/18, Line#: 307 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/21/2018 05:11 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 774792 , Banking and Insurance, Rouson Date Filed: 02/06/18, Line#: 96 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/06/2018 01:09 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 2/23/2018 9:49:28 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 2/20/2018 5:53:09 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Banking and Insurance 2/8/2018 10:35:15 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Banking and Insurance 2/5/2018 10:58:39 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations -SJ 385 Time: 02/23/2018 - 11:26 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 385 Time: 02/21/2018 - 4:56 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/21/18, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building Time: 02/16/2018 - 3:05 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 339 Time: 02/08/2018 - 8:19 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 336 Time: 02/08/2018 - 11:31 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/08/2018 - 10:43 AM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: c1
Event: S CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 336 Time: 02/06/2018 - 12:50 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/06/18, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 02/01/2018 - 4:50 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 166 Time: 01/17/2018 - 4:56 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 167 Time: 01/12/2018 - 11:34 AM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/02/2018 - 10:51 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
409.967 CS/SB 8, HB 955
627.4193 HB 955
627.6675 HB 955
627.668 SB 154, HB 499, HB 955
627.669