Amendment AA1-AB259

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 259

August 6, 2021 - Offered by Representative Wichgers.

AB259-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB259-AA1,1,2 1. Page 4, line 8: after that line insert:

AB259-AA1,1,6 “(3) Reimbursement of behavioral health service providers. (a) In this subsection, “behavioral health service provider” means a licensed mental health professional, an outpatient mental health or substance use treatment clinic, or a facility providing health care services.

AB259-AA1,1,11 (b) An insurer or self-insured health plan shall reimburse a behavioral health service provider for a service provided for a mental health or substance use condition, illness, or disease that is provided through telehealth on the same basis and at the same rate as the insurer or self-insured health plan reimburses the behavioral health service provider if the service is provided in person.”.

AB259-AA1,1,12 (End)