Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah SB214: Health Insurance Coverage Amendments
Status: Failed, March 7, 2025
This bill addresses the diagnosing of an autism spectrum disorder.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
Health Insurance Coverage Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Karen Kwan House Sponsor: Raymond P. Ward LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses the diagnosing of an autism spectrum disorder. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - amends the definition of "diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder" in Title 31A, Insurance Code, to include assessments, evaluations, or tests performed by additional licensed professional; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: This bill provides a special effective date. Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 31A-22-642 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 415 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 31A-22-642 is amended to read: 31A-22-642. Insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorder. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Applied behavior analysis" means the design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between environment and behavior. (b) "Autism spectrum disorder" means pervasive developmental disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). (c) "Behavioral health treatment" means counseling and treatment programs, including applied behavior analysis, that are: (i) necessary …
Sponsors
- Karen Kwan (D, 12) · primary sponsor
- Ward, Raymond P. (R, 19)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- : House Comm - Returned to Rules
- : House Comm - Held
- : House/ to standing committee
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received from Senate
Votes
- House Comm - Held (February 28, 2025): 9 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 25, 2025): 17 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 24, 2025): 21 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 20, 2025): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 20, 2025): 3 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Business, Health Insurance, Health and Human Services, Occupational and Professional Licensing, Mental Health Professionals, Insurance, Commercial Health Insurance\Managed Care Contracts, Mental Health
Common questions
- What is SB214?
- SB214 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Health Insurance Coverage Amendments.
- What does SB214 do?
- This bill addresses the diagnosing of an autism spectrum disorder.
- What is the status of SB214?
- Failed as of March 7, 2025. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 7, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB214?
- Karen Kwan (D, 12), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB214?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0214.html
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