GAO summarized this report in testimony before Congress; see: Mental Health Parity Act: Employers' Mental Health Benefits Remain Limited Despite New Federal Standards, by Kathryn G. Allen, Associate Director for Health Financing and Public Health Issues, before the Senate Committee on Health, ...
Congress took a step toward improving access to mental health care by passing the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) of 1996, which took effect on January 1, 1998, and recently sunset on September 30, 2001.6This law established parity between the annual and lifetime benefits for mental health il...
Mental health policy plays a crucial role in shaping the market. Legislation, such as the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, aims to ensure mental health coverage is equal to physical health coverage. The mental health workforce shortage is a significant challenge, with a growing need...
1.2. Statutory provision for mental health Advance Decision Making supports human rights Achieving legal parity for people with any form of disability is a human rights issue. Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) states that ‘persons with...
Impact of Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act What has happened to utilization and costs for mental health and substance use disorder benefits as the mental health parity laws and associated rules were slowly rolled out? White Paper ...
Recently, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasuryannounced proposed changesto the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). Originally enacted in 2008, the MHPAEA helps to ensure that patients seeking care for mental health and substance use disorders...
While the Committee describes the draft legislation as the “Mental Health Parity Improvements Act,” several of its provisions do not address “parity” between mental health/substance use disorder benefits and medical/surgical benefits, which is how federal law currently defines mental health...
While the contributing factors are complex, there are likely potential barriers related to connecting with mental health support and accessing care that can be addressed. Methods To investigate barriers in connecting to mental health care, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of mental health service...
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Nonetheless, although it has yet to achieve parity with other medical services, health insurance coverage for mental health services has improved over time. Because the recent enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA") appears to have filled the parity gaps left by the...