HR 3165 116th Congress House Health Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Employee benefits and pensions Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Mental health

Mental Health Parity Compliance Act

Introduced: June 10, 2019 See on congress.gov

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Jun 30, 2020

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Jun 11, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Jun 10, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

Jun 10, 2019

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mental Health Parity Compliance Act

This bill revises the mental health parity rules to require private health insurance plans that offer both medical and mental health coverage to prepare a comparative analysis of nonquantitative treatment limitations (NQTLs). (NQTLs are limitations on the scope or duration of benefits for treatment, such as preauthorization requirements.)

The comparative analysis must be available for the Department of Health and Human Services upon request and must include (1) a description of the NQTL and the specific services to which it applies, (2) the factors used to determine when the NQTL will apply, and (3) a description of how the NQTLs applicable to mental health or substance use disorder benefits are comparable to, and no more stringent than, the NQTLs applicable to medical or surgical benefits, among other information.

What's happening now June 30, 2020

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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