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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5850 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001641 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND |
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| 16 | 16 | | SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives Shallcross Smith, Tanzi, Read, Kislak, Alzate, Slater, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Ajello, Stewart, Fogarty, and Hull |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: February 28, 2025 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: House Health & Human Services |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 27-38.2 of the General Laws entitled "Insurance Coverage for Mental 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Illness and Substance Use Disorders" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 27-38.2-7. Reimbursement from private insurers. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Every individual or group health insurance contract, plan, or policy delivered, issued, or 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | renewed by an insurer, health maintenance organization, nonprofit or for-profit health service 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | corporation on or after January 1, 2026, that provides benefits to individual subscribers and 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | members within the state, or to all group members having a principal place of employment within 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the state, shall reimburse child service providers for therapy services offered through EOHHS 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | certified Kids Connect/Therapeutic Services. 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | LC001641 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 41 | 41 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 42 | 42 | | OF |
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| 43 | 43 | | A N A C T |
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| 44 | 44 | | RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND |
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| 45 | 45 | | SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS |
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| 46 | 46 | | *** |
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| 47 | 47 | | This act would require every individual or group health insurance plan on or after January 1 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 1, 2026, that provides benefits to reimburse child service providers for therapy services offered 2 |
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| 49 | 49 | | through EOHHS certified Kids Connect/Therapeutic Services. 3 |
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| 50 | 50 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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| 52 | 52 | | LC001641 |
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