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Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act
Sponsored By: Representative Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
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Summary
Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act This bill requires 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. (Mental health parity laws prohibit health insurance plans that cover mental health and substance use disorder services from imposing less favorable limitations on those benefits than are placed on medical and surgical benefits under that plan.) Additionally, 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.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
MA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18]
PA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
ELIOT ENGEL
NY • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
FL • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
FL • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
CO • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2019
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
MD • D
Sponsored 6/4/2019
Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/10/2019
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/10/2019
Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
VT • D
Sponsored 6/12/2019
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 7/9/2019
Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
IL • D
Sponsored 8/13/2019
Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]
DE • D
Sponsored 12/6/2019
Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 12/6/2019
Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/6/2019
Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 12/17/2019
Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
OH • D
Sponsored 2/12/2020
Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/22/2020
Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
MD • D
Sponsored 6/25/2020
Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
NC • D
Sponsored 6/30/2020
Roll Call Votes
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