US Congress Senate Bill 2301 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury to: (1) cooperatively issue regulations to require group health plans and health insurance issuers to annually disclose the analyses performed to ensure compliance with mental health parity laws, and (2) conduct annual random audits of group health plans and health insurance issuers to determine compliance. HHS must establish a consumer parity unit: (1) to facilitate the collection of, monitoring of, and response to consumer complaints; and (2) to provide consumers information about the disclosure requirements and enforcement of the mental health parity laws.

Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018

Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB4778 (Same As) 2018-04-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2301/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2301/BILLS-115s2301is.pdf