S.Amdt. 3866

SA 3866. Mr. SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1955 to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and reduce costs through the creation of small business health plans and through modernization of the health insurance marketplace; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 2922(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 201 of the bill, add at the end the following:

“(5) Provision of mental health benefits.--A health insurance issuer in a State that offers a basic option plan as provided for in paragraph (2) and an enhanced option plan as provided for in paragraph (3), shall ensure that each such plan provides coverage (and cost sharing if applicable) for mental health care in a manner that is comparable to the coverage (and cost sharing if applicable) provided under each such plan for items and services relating to physical health.