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Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018

Introduced: January 11, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
 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.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4