Bill Text: MI HB6011 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Insurance; other; coverage for mental health treatment; provide that coverage cannot be more restrictive than coverage for medical treatment. Amends 1980 PA 350 (MCL 550.1101 - 550.1704) by adding sec. 416f.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-11-10 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/09/2016 [HB6011 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB6011-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 6011
November 9, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Howrylak, Robinson and Irwin and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1980 PA 350, entitled
"The nonprofit health care corporation reform act,"
(MCL 550.1101 to 550.1704) by adding section 416f.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 416f. A health care corporation that issues or renews in
this state a group or nongroup certificate shall provide for both
of the following:
(a) That cost-sharing requirements and benefit or service
limitations for outpatient mental health services do not place a
greater financial burden on the member and are not more restrictive
than those requirements and limitations for outpatient medical
services.
(b) That cost-sharing requirements and benefit or service
limitations for inpatient hospital mental health services do not
place a greater financial burden on the member and are not more
restrictive than those requirements and limitations for inpatient
hospital medical services.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act applies to
certificates delivered, executed, issued, amended, adjusted, or
renewed in this state beginning 180 days after the date this
amendatory act is enacted into law.