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Bill would make insurer mental‑health coverage data public and standardized
Summary
House Bill 26 58 would require carriers to submit standardized coverage and access data for behavioral‑health services to the Insurance Commissioner and publish it on a consumer dashboard; advocates say it improves parity transparency while plans and some groups warned of duplication and implementation timing.
House Bill 26 58, titled the Truth in Mental Health Coverage Act in testimony, would require health carriers to submit standardized templates and disaggregated coverage and access data to the Insurance Commissioner beginning in 2028, and would require the OIC to publish the underlying data and an interactive consumer dashboard.
Representative Stoner, the prime sponsor, said the bill is intended to make the operation of behavioral‑health coverage…
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