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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5212
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 539
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PARITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND THE
ALL-PAYER CLAIMS DATABASE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) expand mental health 1
parity requirements, (2) require that health carriers report additional 2
data to the Insurance Commissioner concerning mental health parity, 3
(3) require that the commissioner submit an annual report to the 4
General Assembly regarding the commissioner's efforts to ensure 5
mental health parity, and (4) require that the Office of Health Strategy 6
submit an annual report to the General Assembly regarding the all-7
payer claims database. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To expand mental health parity requirements, require that health
carriers report additional data to the Insurance Commissioner
concerning mental health parity, require that the commissioner submit
an annual report to the General Assembly regarding the
commissioner's efforts to ensure mental health parity, and require that
the Office of Health Strategy submit an annual report to the General
Assembly regarding the all-payer claims database.