Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners
Summary
Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners (mental health counsellors, marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists and psychoanalysts) licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jun 2018
Assembly Passage
Jun 2018
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2017
Last action Jun 20, 2018
Floor votes · Assembly Jun 20, 2018
How they voted
104–33
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 140
Jun 20, 2018
D
Democratic101
96% Yea
R
Republican39
82% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Jun 20, 2018
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Jun 20, 2018
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 13, 2017
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Jun 6, 2017
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Jan 17, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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