US SB1576 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: Introduced on May 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act
Sponsors
| Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] |
| Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN] | Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] | Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] |
| Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] | Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA] | Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA] | Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH] |
| Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH] | Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] |
| Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT] | Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-21 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Same As/Similar To
HB2874 (Same As) 2020-06-30 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subjects
Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1576/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1576/BILLS-116s1576is.pdf |
