Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018
Latest action · Jan 11, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 11, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require 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.
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.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2018 to Feb 26, 2018; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Jan 11, 2018 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jan 17, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Feb 26, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jan 11, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Jan 11, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1576 | Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act | Reintroduced Bill | May 21, 2019 |
| HR 4778 | Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018 | Identical bill | Apr 5, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Labor
- Department of the Treasury
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Mental health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2018Introduced in Senate
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