HB1291 amends Tennessee mental health parity laws to ensure equal coverage for mental health, alcoholism, and drug dependence treatment.

HB1291 amends Tennessee Code to ensure that health benefit plans provide equal coverage for mental health, alcoholism, and drug dependence treatment. It removes specific parity requirements for TennCare health benefit plans and adds new provisions to ensure parity across all health benefit plans. The changes apply to policies, plans, and contracts entered into, renewed, amended, or modified on or after July 1, 2025.

HB1291 amends Tennessee mental health parity laws to ensure equal coverage for mental health, alcoholism, and drug dependence treatment.

HB1291 amends Tennessee Code to ensure that health benefit plans provide equal coverage for mental health, alcoholism, and drug dependence treatment. It removes specific parity requirements for TennCare health benefit plans and adds new provisions to ensure parity across all health benefit plans. The changes apply to policies, plans, and contracts entered into, renewed, amended, or modified on or after July 1, 2025.