Bill Text: HI SB2467 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Mental Health Screenings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-10 - Referred to HHH, CPC, referral sheet 24 [SB2467 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2467-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 431M-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b)
Mental illness benefits.
(1) Covered benefits for
mental health services set forth in this subsection shall be limited to coverage
for diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders[.]; provided that coverage
for diagnosis shall include one annual mental health screening. All mental health services shall be provided under
an individualized treatment plan approved by a physician, psychologist, licensed
clinical social worker, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed mental
health counselor, advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed dietitian
treating eating disorders, and must be reasonably expected to improve the
patient's condition. An individualized
treatment plan approved by a licensed clinical social worker, licensed marriage
and family therapist, licensed mental health counselor, advanced practice
registered nurse, or a licensed dietitian treating eating disorders, for a
patient already under the care or treatment of a physician or psychologist shall
be done in consultation with the physician or psychologist;
(2) In-hospital and nonhospital residential
mental health services as a covered benefit under this chapter shall be provided
in a hospital or a nonhospital residential facility. The services to be covered shall include those
services required for licensure and accreditation;
(3) Mental health partial hospitalization
as a covered benefit under this chapter shall be provided by a hospital or a mental
health outpatient facility. The services
to be covered under this paragraph shall include those services required for licensure
and accreditation; and
(4) Mental health outpatient services shall be a covered benefit under this chapter."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2023.
Report Title:
Mental Health Screenings; Insurance
Description:
Requires that one annual mental health screening be included in health insurance coverage for diagnosis of mental disorders. Effective 1/1/2023. (SD2)
The summary description
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
