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Behavioral health parity reporting bill draws support from providers, concern from insurers over confidentiality and frequency
Summary
Senate Bill 824 would restore yearly quantitative reporting by health insurers on behavioral health parity metrics; providers and advocates urged reinstatement while insurers urged stronger confidentiality protections and suggested a longer reporting cycle.
Senate Bill 824, considered April 3 by the Senate Committee on Health Care, would restore quantitative reporting requirements that previously accompanied behavioral health parity implementation under House Bill 3046 (2021).
Jesse O’Brien, policy manager with the Division of Financial Regulation at the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS), told the committee the bill’s dash-1 amendment would bring back data elements that had been sunsetted this year. The department said those quantitative data — including counts of denials, appeals and reimbursement metrics — are useful for…
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