US HB3165 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-9)
Status: Introduced on June 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-06-30 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-06-30 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Revises the mental health parity rules to require private health insurance plans that offer both medical and mental health coverage to prepare a comparative analysis of nonquantitative treatment limitations (NQTLs). (NQTLs are limitations on the scope or duration of benefits for treatment, such as preauthorization requirements.)The comparative analysis must be available for the Department of Health and Human Services upon request and must include (1) a description of the NQTL and the specific services to which it applies, (2) the factors used to determine when the NQTL will apply, and (3) a description of how the NQTLs applicable to mental health or substance use disorder benefits are comparable to, and no more stringent than, the NQTLs applicable to medical or surgical benefits, among other information.
Title
Mental Health Parity Compliance Act
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-06-30 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
2019-06-11 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2019-06-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2019-06-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2019-06-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2019-06-10 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB1737 (Related) 2019-06-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Mental health
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3165/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3165/BILLS-116hr3165ih.pdf |