Florida House Bill 955 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires contracts between AHCA & certain managed care plans to require plans to submit specified annual report to agency for parity between mental health & substance use disorder benefits, & medical and surgical benefits; deletes certain provisions requiring insurers and specified health service entities transacting certain insurance or prepaid health care to offer specified optional coverage for mental & nervous disorders; requires such entities to comply with specified provisions prohibiting imposition of less favorable benefit limitations on mental health & substance use disorder benefits.

Insurance Coverage Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

Rep. Sean Shaw [D]	Rep. Robert Asencio [D]	Rep. Kimberly Daniels [D]	Rep. Evan Jenne [D]
Rep. Amy Mercado [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-10	House	Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
2018-03-10	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2018-01-09	House	Introduced
2017-12-20	House	Referred to Health Innovation Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2017-12-08	House	Filed

S1422 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Appropriations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
409	967		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	4193		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	6675		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	668		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/955
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/955/BillText/Filed/PDF