Amendment ID: S2519-78-R1

Redraft Amendment 78

Mental Health Parity Consumer Protections

Ms. Comerford, Messrs. Lewis, Feeney and O'Connor move that the proposed new draft be amended in section 32, by inserting after the figure “66”, in line 477, the following words:- “; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the director of Medicaid to use and, if appropriate, make public any final or preliminary examination report, examiner or company work papers or other documents or other information discovered or developed during the course of an examination in the furtherance of any legal or regulatory action that the director may, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate”; and

in said section 32, in proposed section 79 of chapter 118E, by adding the following subsection:-

“(h) The division shall evaluate all consumer or provider complaints regarding mental health and substance use disorder coverage for possible parity violations within 3 months of receipt of the complaint.”.