2009 House Bill 5096

Mandate mental health insurance “parity”

Introduced in the House

June 16, 2009

Introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows (D-69)

To prohibit Blue Cross Blue Shield from applying more restrictive conditions on coverage for “biologically based” mental health treatment than those that apply to other health coverage. The bill’s provisions would not apply if BCBS demonstrated after six months that they increased claims costs by more than 1 percent.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary