Sec. 15. Ensuring parity for mental health and addiction treatment services
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Title V of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290ll et seq.) is amended— in part K, by redesignating section 550 ( 42 U.S.C. 290ee–10 ), relating to sobriety treatment and recovery teams, as section 553 and transferring such section to appear after section 552 in part D; and by adding at the end of such part D the following: The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, shall award grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, States to ensure that health insurance issuers in the State comply with section 2726.
A State shall use amounts received under a grant or cooperative agreement under this section to— establish clear guidelines for parity compliance for mental health and substance use disorder benefits; ensure parity compliance during public health emergencies with best practices for delivering evidence-based mental health and substance use disorder treatment, including to ensure virtual, video, internet, telephonic, and other remote services are appropriately covered, including alignment with authorities, flexibilities, and coverage promulgated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; engage with health insurance issuers to ensure that they comply with the guidelines promulgated and other provisions of section 2726, including through audits, market conduct examinations, secret shopper programs, or other means; share information with other States who receive grants under this section; submit a report to the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor on information, actions, recommendations, and such other information as such secretaries may require; and publicly post a summary of each report submitted under paragraph
(5)on the websites of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. .
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Ensuring parity for mental health and addiction treatment services
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