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Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act

USA116th CongressHR-2874| House 
| Updated: 6/30/2020
Joseph P. Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy

Democratic Representative

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (26)
Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)David J. Trone (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Debbie Dingell (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)Doris O. Matsui (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Jason Crow (Democratic)Lauren Underwood (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act This bill requires the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury to (1) cooperatively issue regulations to require group health plans and health insurance issuers to annually disclose the analyses performed to ensure compliance with mental health parity laws, and (2) conduct annual random audits of group health plans and health insurance issuers to determine compliance. (Mental health parity laws prohibit health insurance plans that cover mental health and substance use disorder services from imposing less favorable limitations on those benefits than are placed on medical and surgical benefits under that plan.) Additionally, HHS must establish a consumer parity unit: (1) to facilitate the collection of, monitoring of, and response to consumer complaints; and (2) to provide consumers information about the disclosure requirements and enforcement of the mental health parity laws.
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Timeline
May 21, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-1576
Introduced in Senate
May 21, 2019
Introduced in House
May 21, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 22, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 30, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  • May 21, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-1576
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 21, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • May 21, 2019
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • May 22, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • June 30, 2020
    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Health

Related Bills

  • S 116-1576: Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightConsumer affairsDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of LaborDepartment of the TreasuryDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEmployee benefits and pensionsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingMental health

Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act

USA116th CongressHR-2874| House 
| Updated: 6/30/2020
Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act This bill requires the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury to (1) cooperatively issue regulations to require group health plans and health insurance issuers to annually disclose the analyses performed to ensure compliance with mental health parity laws, and (2) conduct annual random audits of group health plans and health insurance issuers to determine compliance. (Mental health parity laws prohibit health insurance plans that cover mental health and substance use disorder services from imposing less favorable limitations on those benefits than are placed on medical and surgical benefits under that plan.) Additionally, HHS must establish a consumer parity unit: (1) to facilitate the collection of, monitoring of, and response to consumer complaints; and (2) to provide consumers information about the disclosure requirements and enforcement of the mental health parity laws.
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Timeline
May 21, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-1576
Introduced in Senate
May 21, 2019
Introduced in House
May 21, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 22, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 30, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  • May 21, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-1576
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 21, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • May 21, 2019
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • May 22, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • June 30, 2020
    Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Joseph P. Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy

Democratic Representative

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (26)
Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)David J. Trone (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Debbie Dingell (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)Doris O. Matsui (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Jason Crow (Democratic)Lauren Underwood (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • S 116-1576: Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightConsumer affairsDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of LaborDepartment of the TreasuryDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEmployee benefits and pensionsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingMental health