HB 222 Summary

• Prohibits health care insurers from discriminating based on genetic information in both individual and group markets, complying with federal requirements under 42 U.S.C. sections 300gg-53 and 300gg-1.

• Requires health care insurers offering group market plans to five or more employees to offer coverage for treatment of alcoholism or drug abuse, defined as physiological or psychological dependency on controlled substances or alcohol.

• Allows eligible employees and dependents to enroll in group market health plans within 60 days of losing Medicaid or state child health plan coverage, or within 60 days of becoming newly eligible for such public coverage.

• Requires group market health insurers to provide mental health and substance use disorder benefits with parity in application, complying with federal requirements under 42 U.S.C. 300gg-5.

• Ensures dependent college students can maintain health insurance coverage during medically necessary leaves of absence under 42 U.S.C. 300gg-54; amends definition of "dentist" to include out-of-state licensed dentists.