Abstract
Beginning in 2021, Connecticut insurance providers will have to submit annual reports detailing their coverage of mental health and substance abuse services, we‐ha.com reported July 8. The push toward greater transparency is aimed at ensuring the companies comply with state and federal mandates that bar them from placing greater restrictions on access to mental health services than on surgical or medical care. Gov. Ned Lamont on July 8 signed into law the bill that requires the providers to turn in yearly reports about their coverage. Reports on services covered next year are due to the state insurance commissioner in March 2021. In April 2021, the commissioner will share the records with the legislature's Insurance and Real Estate Committee, the attorney general, the state health care advocate and the head of Connecticut's Office of Health Strategy. The following month, the insurance committee may hold a public hearing on the reports. The new law does not include penalties for noncompliance, but advocates say the public scrutiny should provide an incentive.
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