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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 259
August 6, 2021 - Offered by Representative Wichgers.
AB259-AA1,1,11 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
AB259-AA1,1,2 21. Page 4, line 8: after that line insert:
AB259-AA1,1,6 3(3) Reimbursement of behavioral health service providers. (a) In this
4subsection, “behavioral health service provider” means a licensed mental health
5professional, an outpatient mental health or substance use treatment clinic, or a
6facility providing health care services.
AB259-AA1,1,117 (b) An insurer or self-insured health plan shall reimburse a behavioral health
8service provider for a service provided for a mental health or substance use condition,
9illness, or disease that is provided through telehealth on the same basis and at the
10same rate as the insurer or self-insured health plan reimburses the behavioral
11health service provider if the service is provided in person.”.
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