2009 House Bill 5097

Mandate mental health insurance “parity”

Introduced in the House

June 16, 2009

Introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows (D-69)

To prohibit health insurance companies and HMOs 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 an insurer or HMO demonstrated after six months that they increased claims costs by more than 1 percent.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary