Search Results for keywords:"behavioral health care"

Search Results: keywords:"behavioral health care"

S. 4835 — To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide for 3 primary care visits and 3 behavioral health care visits without application of any cost-sharing requirement.
July 30, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:2,430
S. 4835 aims to amend several existing laws to require group health plans and health insurance providers to offer a minimum of three primary care visits and three behavioral health care visits per year without any cost-sharing by the patient. This means individuals can access...
Simple Explanation
S. 4835 wants to make sure everyone with health insurance can visit a doctor and a therapist three times a year without paying extra money like co-pays, but it might take a couple of years to start, and it doesn't say how to make sure everyone follows the rules.
S. 5217 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate cost-sharing requirements for behavioral health care under TRICARE Reserve Select.
September 25, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:293
S. 5217 proposes an amendment to title 10 of the United States Code to remove cost-sharing requirements for behavioral health care services under TRICARE Reserve Select. The bill aims to ensure that members of the reserve component using TRICARE Reserve Select will not have...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to make it free for reserve soldiers to see a doctor for things like stress or feeling sad, so they don't have to pay any money when they get help.

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