US Congress Senate Bill 1737 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Introduced on June 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-05 - 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]

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.

Mental Health Parity Compliance Act

Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB3165 (Related) 2020-06-30 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1737/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1737/BILLS-116s1737is.pdf