Ensure insurance companies treat mental health the same as physical health.

I am fighting to make sure that insurance companies treat mental health the same physical health.

Commits to mental-health parity in insurance coverage.

Improving Health Care - Donald Norcross
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Congress.gov lists H.R.133 as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 and states: "12/27/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-260."

During Norcross's House service, Congress enacted Public Law 116-260. Later agency reports identify this law as adding mental-health-parity comparative-analysis requirements for nonquantitative treatment limits.

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Congress.gov: H.R.133 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Actions
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The House roll call for H.R.133 on Dec. 21, 2020 recorded the motion as passed 359-53. The member list records "Norcross Democratic New Jersey NJ Yea."

Norcross voted for the enacted 2021 appropriations package that included the CAA mental-health-parity enforcement amendments.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 251, H.R.133
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The report says MHPAEA generally requires plans and issuers to ensure financial requirements and treatment limitations for mental health/substance use disorder benefits are no more restrictive than those for medical/surgical benefits. It also says the CAA added a requirement to perform and document comparative analyses of non-quantitative treatment limitations to demonstrate parity.

The enacted CAA amendment strengthened parity oversight by requiring documented analyses of insurer nonquantitative limits such as prior authorization, step therapy, and reimbursement standards.

partial later_term A for effort

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury: MHPAEA Comparative Analysis Report to Congress, July 2023
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The report states that every comparative analysis reviewed in the first post-CAA report was initially insufficient, and its 2023 fast facts reported multiple insufficiency letters and initial or final determinations of MHPAEA non-compliance.

Federal enforcement data show that, despite strengthened law, insurers and plans were still failing parity documentation or compliance reviews, so the promise was not fully achieved in practice.

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury: MHPAEA Comparative Analysis Report to Congress, July 2023
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The final rule says it amends MHPAEA regulations and adds CAA comparative-analysis requirements. It prohibits group health plans and health insurance issuers from using nonquantitative treatment limitations that place greater restrictions on access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits than on medical/surgical benefits. The rule is effective November 22, 2024.

The executive branch finalized enforceable rules aimed directly at making insurers treat behavioral-health access no more restrictively than medical/surgical access, but implementation and compliance remained ongoing after Norcross's vote for the underlying CAA authority.

partial later_term A for effort

Federal Register: Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, Final Rules
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H.R.7780 included Title VI, the "Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act," and section 602 on "Enforcement of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Requirements," amending ERISA civil monetary penalty language to cover parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits.

Norcross supported a House-passed bill that would have added penalties for parity violations, a concrete further enforcement step, but it did not become law.

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Congress.gov: H.R.7780 - Mental Health Matters Act, Text
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The Clerk recorded H.R.7780, the Mental Health Matters Act, as passed 220-205 on Sept. 29, 2022. The member list records "Norcross Democratic New Jersey NJ Yea."

Norcross voted for the Mental Health Matters Act, including its parity-enforcement title, showing concrete legislative effort beyond the CAA amendments.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 459, H.R.7780
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Congress.gov says H.R.7780's latest action was Senate referral to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Oct. 11, 2022, and the tracker status was "Passed House."

The stronger House-passed parity-enforcement bill stalled in the Senate and was not enacted, so this specific effort did not fulfill the promise.

never later_term A for effort

Congress.gov: H.R.7780 - Mental Health Matters Act, Actions
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