FL H0939

Requires insurers, HMOs, and health service plans to comply with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA), prohibiting less favorable benefit limitations on mental health and substance use disorder coverage compared to medical/surgical benefits

Mandates annual reporting by July 1 from Medicaid managed care plans and health insurers to the Agency for Health Care Administration and Office of Insurance Regulation detailing medical necessity criteria, nonquantitative treatment limitations (NQTLs), and parity compliance analyses

Directs the Office of Insurance Regulation to implement and enforce MHPAEA compliance, including conducting market conduct examinations of medical management practices, network adequacy, reimbursement rates, and prior authorizations

Requires the Office of Insurance Regulation to issue a public annual report to the Legislature by December 31 describing compliance methodology, written in nontechnical language and posted on the office's website

Repeals s. 627.669, F.S. (optional coverage for substance abuse impaired persons) and takes effect July 1, 2020