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Panel creation, reporting rules proposed to enforce mental-health parity
Summary
HB 612 would establish a parity review panel inside the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council, require standardized reporting and public education, and give the state tools to pursue noncompliant insurers; the committee gave the bill a due-pass recommendation.
The committee gave a due-pass recommendation to House Bill 612, which would strengthen oversight and enforcement of mental-health parity in Georgia by creating a statutory parity review panel, mandating standardized reporting, and directing outreach and education for consumers and providers.
Sponsor Representative Katie Dempsey said the bill "strengthen[s] the oversight of mental health insurance coverage in Georgia by holding insurers accountable for parity compliance, creating a formal mechanism to review and address complaints and mandate reporting from health care providers." She described empowering a state-led panel "with punitive power over noncompliant insurers" (not providers) and adding the insurance commissioner to the…
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