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Relating to third-party payment of coverage benefits for mental health services delivered at a school
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 28, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to third-party payment of coverage benefits for mental health services provided at a school. The bill defines “mental health services” as services provided by a health care professional operating within the scope of the health professional’s practice which address mental, emotional medical, or behavioral conditions, illnesses, diseases, or problems. “School” is defined in the bill as a public or private school that provides premises for teaching any grade from kindergarten through grade 12.
Read the full explanation
The bill requires a policy, contract, or plan providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses to provide the same coverage for covered mental health services whether the mental health services are provided in a facility or provided at a school. “Facility” is defined in the bill. The commissioner of insurance, in collaboration with the state board of education, may adopt rules to administer the Code section. The bill is applicable to third-party payment provider policies, contracts, or plans delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2020, including individual or group accident and sickness insurance providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis, individual or group hospital or medical service contracts issued pursuant to Code chapter 509, 514, or 514A, individual or group health maintenance organization contracts regulated under Code chapter 514B, and plans established pursuant to Code chapter 509A for public employees. The bill does not apply to accident-only, specified disease, short-term hospital or medical, hospital confinement indemnity, credit, dental, vision, Medicare supplement, long-term care, basic hospital and medical-surgical expense coverage as defined by the commissioner, disability income insurance coverage, coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers’ compensation or similar insurance, or automobile medical payment insurance.