The bill aims to enhance access to community behavioral health centers by mandating that various health plans and insurance policies provide nondiscriminatory coverage for medically necessary behavioral health bundled services. These services, which include evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, care coordination, management, or peer support for individuals with mental health, developmental, or substance use disorders, must be delivered through licensed community behavioral health centers. The bill introduces new sections to multiple chapters of the General Laws, specifically Chapters 32A, 175, 176A, 176B, and 176G, defining "behavioral health bundled services" and "community behavioral health centers" to ensure clarity in the coverage requirements.

Each section stipulates that health plans, individual policies, group policies, and health maintenance contracts issued or renewed within or outside the commonwealth must provide benefits for these services on a nondiscriminatory basis. This legislative change is intended to improve access to essential mental health services for both active and retired employees of the commonwealth, as well as the general public, thereby promoting better health outcomes for individuals facing behavioral health challenges.