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SF0014 • 2006

Mental health insurance parity.

AN ACT relating to health insurance; mandating coverage for specified mental illnesses under health insurance policies issued in the state; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
M Hlth & Sa
Last action
2006-02-22
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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SF0014S2001

2nd reading • MEIER

Failed, Corrected

Plain English: Failed, Corrected 2nd reading by MEIER

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SF0014SW001

Committee of the Whole • ROSS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by ROSS

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Bill History

  1. 2006-02-22 Senate

    S Failed 3rd Reading

  2. 2006-02-21 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  3. 2006-02-21 Senate

    Amendment Failed

  4. 2006-02-20 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  5. 2006-02-20 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  6. 2006-02-20 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  7. 2006-02-16 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  8. 2006-02-16 Senate

    S01 Recommended Do Pass

  9. 2006-02-14 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01

  10. 2006-02-13 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  11. 2005-12-05 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2006
STATE OF
WYOMING
06LSO-0178

SENATE FILE
NO.

SF0014

Mental health insurance parity.

Sponsored by:
Select Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to health insurance; mandating coverage for specified mental illnesses under health insurance policies issued in the state; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 26
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20
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301 is created to read:

ARTICLE 3
INSURANCE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS

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301.

Required provision of individual or group policy or contract.

(a)

All individual or group health insurance policies providing coverage on an expense incurred basis, individual and group service or indemnity type health insurance contracts issued by any insurer, including any nonprofit corporation and individual and group service contracts issued by a health maintenance organization, shall provide coverage for the treatment of mental illness that is no less extensive than the coverage provided for any other physical illness. Private third party payors shall not eliminate coverage due to the requirements of this section.

(b)

As used in this section, "mental illness" means schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar affective disorder, major depressive disorder, specific obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder and autism.

Section 2.

This act shall only apply to any individual or group health insurance policy or plan that is delivered, issued, renewed, modified, amended or extended on or after July 1, 2006. The provisions of this act do not supercede or take precedence over federal laws governing health insurance plans.

Section 3.
This act is effective July 1, 2006.

(END)

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