Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance and Real Estate Committee on January 22, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 6145
AN ACT CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE PARITY, COMPLIANCE AND TRANSPARENCY.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To: (1) Require each health carrier to submit an annual certification regarding compliance with applicable state and federal parity laws for mental health and substance use disorder benefits; (2) repeal state law provisions mandating confidential treatment of the names and identities of health carriers on annual nonquantitative treatment limitations filings; (3) establish a parity advancement account within the General Fund to fund initiatives supporting enforcement and consumer education; and (4) authorize the Insurance Commissioner to assess civil penalties for violations of parity laws by health carriers.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Jaime S. Foster, Kai J. Belton, Jonathan Steinberg, Josh Elliott, Kate Farrar, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Rep. 113A, Susan M. Johnson, Laurie Sweet, Steven Winter, Nick Gauthier, Jane M. Garibay, David DeFronzo, Kaitlyn Shake, William Heffernan, Savet Constantine, Aimee Berger-Girvalo, Maria P. Horn, Mary M. Mushinsky, Patrick Biggins, Michael "MJ" Shannon Jr., Mike Demicco, Anthony L. Nolan, Kara Rochelle, Roland J. Lemar, Nicholas Menapace, Kenneth Gucker, Jonathan Jacobson, Dominique Johnson, Corey P. Paris, Geoff Luxenberg, Amy Morrin Bello, John-Michael Parker, Rebecca Martinez, Moira Rader, Jennifer Leeper, Gary A. Turco Jr., Farley Santos, Devin R. Carney, Matt Blumenthal, Kevin Brown, Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Chris Aniskovich, Lucy Dathan, Anne M. Hughes, Jason Doucette, Sarah Keitt, Liz Linehan, Eilish Collins Main, Juan R. Candelaria
Chief co-sponsors
4 co-sponsors
Frank Smith, Larry B. Butler, Henry J. Genga, Jillian Gilchrest
In the Senate
Sponsor
Saud Anwar, Matthew L. Lesser, Catherine A. Osten, Martha Marx, Mae Flexer, James J. Maroney, Julie Kushner, Rick Lopes, Ceci Maher, Derek Slap, Patricia Billie Miller
Chief co-sponsors
5 co-sponsors
Norman Needleman, Paul Honig, MD Rahman, Christine Cohen, Herron Gaston
Its course
January 22 to January 22, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action1 action on 1 day
In the House of RepresentativesJan 22 to Jan 22 · stopped0 days
Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeJan 22 to Jan 22 · stopped0 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 22
- Jan 22Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses