25RS HB 748

House Bill 748

Actions

Last Action	02/19/25: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to mental health parity and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1792
Sponsor	V. Grossl
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 304.17A-661 to require that annual mental health parity reports be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission on or before June 1 of each year for referral to certain committees and be published by the insurance commissioner on the Department of Insurance's website; authorize the Attorney General to enforce the mental health parity law; establish duties, remedies, and penalties for enforcement by the Attorney General; authorize a private cause of action by any person directly injured by a violation or likely violation of the mental health parity law; establish duties, remedies, and penalties for a private right of action under the mental health parity law; establish construction clauses; authorize the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations for proper enforcement of mental health parity law; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid Services, Medicaid managed care organizations, and the state' medical assistance program to comply with mental health parity law; require the Department for Medicaid Services or the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to obtain federal approval, if necessary, and comply with notice requirements; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Effective Dates, Emergency - Mental health parity, requirements Federal Laws and Regulations - Medicaid services, mental health parity compliance, federal approval General Assembly - Mental health parity, annual reports Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Mental health parity compliance, private cause of action Insurance, Health - Mental health parity compliance, private cause of action Insurance, Health - Mental health parity, annual reports, insurers Mental Health - Mental health parity, requirements Physicians and Practitioners - Mental health parity compliance, private cause of action State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, federal approval, notice requirements State Agencies - Department for Medicaid Services, federal approval, notice requirements State Agencies - Department for Medicaid Services, mental health parity, annual reports State Agencies - Department of Insurance, mental health parity, annual reports, publishing Medicaid - Mental health parity, annual reports Medicaid - Mental health parity, requirements Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Attorney General, mental health parity, enforcement Attorney General - Mental health parity, enforcement Civil Actions - Mental health parity, private cause of action Reports Mandated - Mental health parity, annual reports