AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PEER SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDED BY CERTIFIED PEER COUNSELORS.
To require: (1) The Commissioner of Public Health to adopt regulations (A) providing for the certification and education of peer support specialists, and (B) specifying the peer support services that a certified peer support specialist may provide to another individual in this state; and (2) health insurance coverage for peer support services provided by certified peer support specialists on an outpatient basis.
Introduced by:
Rep. David Michel, 146th Dist.