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Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018

Introduced: June 21, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 5, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 30, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 12, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 11, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Jan 11, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now April 5, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2301 Identical bill Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4
Esty, Elizabeth
· Jun 21, 2018
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jan 11, 2018
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jan 11, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 11, 2018
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jan 11, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4778: Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4778/
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"H.R. 4778: Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4778/.
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