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The House of Representatives has followed the Senate in passing long-awaited mental health parity legislation. The House of Representatives passed a version of the bill passed unanimously in September, and members of Congress will have to meet to reconcile the differences between the two bills. Both...
The US federal government has issued a final rule on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, a move that officials hope will ensure equal benefits for those suffering from mental illness. Issued jointly by the Department of Health and Human Sevices, the Department of Labor, ...
Mental Health Parity Bill Passes through Legislation: This Has Been a Historically Momentous Year for Mental Health Coverage as the Legislature Achieved Passage of a Landmark Law to Bring Mental Health Parity Protection to More Than 100 Million Americans Covered by Group Health Insurance Academic ...
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In this Article, I provide additional support for my recent proposal (All Illnesses Are (Not) Created Equal: Reforming Federal Mental Health Insurance Law, Harvard Journal on Legislation, Vol. 49, forthcoming 2012.) to extend federal mental health parity law and mandatory mental health and ...
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Encourages the integration of physical health and mental health care, so patients receive an all-encompassing care that treats the whole person, rather than a single condition. Increases reporting on mental health parity, to move toward holding health plans accountable for covering mental health and ...
However, the bill approved by the House has some key differences from a similar bill, the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007, S 558, that was passed by the Senate in September 2007. The House bill, for example, mandates that if a health plan offers coverage for mental health orsubstance ...
Similarly, despite federal mental health parity legislation, as well as parity laws in thirty-three states, gaps persist in private insurance coverage of mental health services.[11] One survey found that only about two-thirds of plans covered intensive nonresidential care, and slightly more than ...