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Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act

USA116th CongressS-1576| Senate 
| Updated: 5/21/2019
Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (17)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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
Introduced in Senate
May 21, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 30, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-2874
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  • May 21, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 21, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • June 30, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-2874
    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-2874: 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 CongressS-1576| Senate 
| Updated: 5/21/2019
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
Introduced in Senate
May 21, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 30, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-2874
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  • May 21, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 21, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • June 30, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-2874
    Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (17)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-2874: 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