SB 1098 - Sater, David
Modifies provisions of law relating to insurance coverage for mental health conditions
Bill Details
Sponsor
Sater, David
LR Number
6797S.01I
Title
SB 1098
House Handler
N/A
Journal Page
Effective Date
August 28, 2018
Committee
Current Status
Second Read and Referred S Insurance and Banking Committee
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Amendments
No amendments available
CURRENT BILL SUMMARY
SB 1098 - This act removes a prohibition against individual health benefit plans providing coverage for mental health conditions through managed care organizations. For both group and individual health benefit plans, managed care organizations shall be in compliance with rules promulgated by the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions, and Professional Registration.
Health benefit plans shall not impose nonqualitative treatment limitations, as defined in the act, with respect to mental health condition benefits in any benefit classification unless the limitations are comparable to and applied no more stringently for mental health condition benefits than with respect to medical or surgical benefits in the same classification.
The act also removes chemical dependency from the definition of mental health condition.
This act is identical to HB 2384 (2018), and contains provisions identical to provisions in CCS/HCS/SCS/SB 718 (2018) and CCS/HCS/SB 951 (2018).
ERIC VANDER WEERD