Florida House Bill 959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires Medicaid managed care plans to submit annual report to AHCA relating to parity between mental health & substance use disorder benefits & medical & surgical benefits; provides requirements for entities transacting individual or group health insurance or providing prepaid health care; removes provisions relating to optional coverage for mental & nervous disorders; requires OIR to implement & enforce federal law in specified manner; requires OIR to issue specified annual report to Legislature; removes provision relating to optional coverage required for substance abuse impaired persons.

Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

Rep. David Silvers [D]

Rep. Emily Slosberg-King [D]

Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]

Rep. Allison Tant [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	House	Died in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
2021-03-02	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-02-25	House	Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
2021-02-25	House	Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
2021-02-25	House	Referred to Appropriations Committee
2021-02-25	House	Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
2021-02-12	House	Filed

S1536 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Banking and Insurance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
409	967		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	4193		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	6675		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	668		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	669		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/959
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/959/BillText/Filed/PDF