Bill Text: MI HB4597 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Insurance; health; coverage for outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment; provide that coverage cannot be more restrictive than coverage for outpatient medical treatment. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406s.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-10 - Referred To Second Reading [HB4597 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4597-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4597

 

March 17, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Warren, Gregory, Lipton, Scripps, Espinoza, Smith, Robert Jones, Donigan, Byrnes, Miller, Liss, Switalski, Angerer, Byrum, Sheltrown, Spade, Coulouris, Mayes, Leland, Haugh, Terry Brown, Durhal, Tlaib, Roberts, Young, Meadows, Bauer, Dean, Kennedy, Jackson, McDowell, Valentine, Neumann, Lisa Brown, Gonzales, Johnson, Pearce, Melton, Barnett, Segal, Womack, Constan, Polidori, Roy Schmidt, Opsommer, Booher, Green, Lori, DeShazor and Kurtz and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

 

"The insurance code of 1956,"

 

(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3406s.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3406s. An insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or

 

renews in this state on or after January 1, 2010 an expense-

 

incurred hospital, medical, or surgical policy or certificate and a

 

health maintenance organization that issues or renews a group or

 

individual contract on or after January 1, 2010 shall provide that

 

cost-sharing requirements and benefit or service limitations for

 

outpatient mental health and outpatient substance abuse services do

 

not place a greater financial burden on the insured or enrollee and

 

are not more restrictive than those requirements and limitations

 

for outpatient medical services.