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MA S780
Bill
AI Summary
- Prohibits individual short-term and long-term disability insurance policies from imposing benefit limitations or exclusions on claimants with behavioral health disorders that are not equally applied to those with physical disorders
- Extends the same mental health parity requirements to group disability insurance policies providing income replacement benefits
- Applies to all disability insurance policies issued or renewed in Massachusetts
- Permits insurers to conduct periodic medical exams to verify disability status, provided such exams are comparable in frequency and burden to those required for physical disorders
- Amends Chapter 175 of the General Laws (Sections 108 and 110) governing insurance regulations
Legislative Description
Requiring mental health parity for disability policies
Last Action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
11/17/2025
Committee Referrals
Ways and Means11/17/2025
Health Care Financing8/28/2025
Financial Services2/27/2025
Full Bill Text
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