Proyectos de ley › 88.ª Asamblea General
Relating to third-party payment of coverage benefits for mental health services delivered at a school
Temas:K–12 educationHealth careInsuranceMental health & addiction
Dónde está ahora
- Hecho: Presentado28 de febrero de 2019
- Se detuvo: SubcomitéMurió al terminar la Asamblea General
- Sigue: Comité de la Cámara
- Sigue: Lo aprueba la Cámara
- Sigue: Comité del Senado
- Sigue: Lo aprueba el Senado
- Sigue: A gobernador(a)
- Sigue: Firmado como ley
Murió al terminar la sesión La sesión de 2020 terminó el 14 de junio de 2020, la última sesión ordinaria de la Asamblea General. Los proyectos que no pasaron por ambas cámaras murieron. ¿Qué es el embudo (funnel)?
Qué contiene
Resumen con IA Insurance companies must cover mental health services at schools the same way they cover them at regular medical facilities. This rule applies to many types of health insurance plans for students in public or private schools. The state's insurance commissioner and the board of education will create the rules to make sure this happens. (Todavía no está traducido al español.)1
Lea la explicación oficial (en inglés)
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. 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.