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Mental Health Benefits: State Laws Mandating or Regulating

(Just Now) 1. Mental Health "Parity" or Equal Coverage Laws. Parity, as it relates to mental health and substance abuse, prohibits insurers or health care service plans from discriminating between coverage offered for mental illness, serious mental illness, substance abuse, and other physical disorders and diseases. In … See more

https://www.ncsl.org/health/mental-health-benefits

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The Federal and State Role in Mental Health

(1 days ago) WEBThe Federal Role in Mental Health The federal government works in partnership with the states to address mental health. The federal role in mental health includes regulating systems and providers, protecting the rights of consumers, providing funding for services, and supporting research and innovation. As a major funding source for mental health …

https://www.mhanational.org/issues/federal-and-state-role-mental-health

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Does your insurance cover mental health services?

(2 days ago) WEBThe parity law does not require insurers to provide mental health benefits—rather, the law states that if mental health benefits are offered, they can’t have more restrictive requirements than those that apply to …

https://www.apa.org/topics/managed-care-insurance/parity-guide

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State Policies Expanding Access to Behavioral Health Care in …

(6 days ago) WEBOverall, on the 2021 budget survey, 10 states reported new or expanded mental health and/or SUD benefits in FY 2021 and 14 states reported such expansions planned for FY 2022 (see Figure 1 for

https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/state-policies-expanding-access-to-behavioral-health-care-in-medicaid/

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MENTAL HEALTH INSURANCE PARITY: STATE LEGISLATIVE …

(9 days ago) WEBEfforts to address mental health insurance parity can be traced back 60 years to former President John F. Kennedy’s call for requiring the Feder-al Employees Health Benefits Program to cover psychiatric illnesses at a level equivalent to general medical care. The federal Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 required mental health parity only for

https://www.csg.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/09/Mental_Health_Parity.pdf

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Mental Health Parity NAMI

(6 days ago) WEBAnd sadly, some forms of coverage, like Medicare and the Veterans Administration, are not required to even provide parity mental health coverage. State and federal policymakers must stop this discrimination and improve access to quality, affordable mental health care for all Americans by enforcing federal and state parity laws and requiring

https://www.nami.org/Advocacy/Policy-Priorities/Improving-Health/Mental-Health-Parity/

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Mental health parity (Federal and State priority) AFSP

(8 days ago) WEBFor an overview of the current state of parity implementation across the country visit ParityTrack for reports on parity-related legislative, statutory, regulatory and legal activities in all 50 states. To learn more about the policy and advocacy work being done around mental health care in America, visit the Kennedy Forum where you can find the latest …

https://afsp.org/mental-health-parity/

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Mental Health Parity is the Law, and We're Enforcing it

(5 days ago) WEBAnd as a top priority, we will continue to work hard for individuals with mental health conditions and substance use disorders, so that they get the care they need and are entitled to under the law. If you’re experiencing issues with your mental health or substance use disorder benefits, call EBSA toll-free at 866-444-3272.

https://blog.dol.gov/2022/01/25/mental-health-parity-is-the-law-and-were-enforcing-it

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Psychiatry.org - Mental Health Parity

(7 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (federal parity law) was enacted in 2008 and requires insurance coverage for mental health conditions, including substance use disorders, to be no more restrictive than insurance coverage for other medical conditions. Insurers and health plans have been able to comply with the more

https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/advocacy/federal-affairs/health-insurance-coverage-access-to-care/mental-health-parity

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What Is Mental Health Parity? NAMI

(1 days ago) WEBAfter years of NAMI advocates sending letters, making phone calls and visiting their members of Congress mental health parity is law. Now it's time for you to make sure that the law is implemented and that you or your loved one get the treatment and supports you are entitled to. This infographic breaks down the basics of what mental …

https://www.nami.org/health-care-coverage/what-is-mental-health-parity/

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Mental Health at Work U.S. Department of Labor

(9 days ago) WEBMental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Under MHPAEA, health benefit plans that cover mental health or substance use benefits cannot impose more restrictions on those benefits than what generally applies to comparable medical or surgical benefits. Details about the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equality Act.

https://www.dol.gov/general/mental-health-at-work

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)

(4 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) provided that large group health plans cannot impose annual or lifetime dollar limits on mental health benefits that are less favorable than any such limits imposed on medical/surgical benefits. MHPAEA preserves the MHPA protections and adds significant new protections, such as extending the parity

https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/private-health-insurance/mental-health-parity-addiction-equity

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Mental Health: Mental Health Benefits Legislation

(6 days ago) WEBThe Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends mental health benefits legislation as a way to improve financial protection and increase appropriate use of mental health services for people with mental health conditions. In particular, CPSTF recommends legislation that helps ensure there are no greater restrictions for mental …

https://health.gov/healthypeople/tools-action/browse-evidence-based-resources/mental-health-mental-health-benefits-legislation

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Mental Health Benefits U.S. Department of Labor

(3 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to ensure that financial requirements (such as co-pays, deductibles) and treatment limitations (such as visit limits) applicable to mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits are no more restrictive than the …

https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/health-plans/mental

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Factors Affecting State-Level Enforcement of the Federal Mental …

(3 days ago) WEBPeople didn’t understand that we had both state and federal mental health parity laws that we’re required to abide by and that without that public education patients weren’t adequately advocating for themselves Cauchi Richard, and Hanson Karmen. 2015. “ Mental Health Benefits: State Laws Mandating or Regulating. ” National

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9938503/

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

(3 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) provided that large group health plans cannot impose annual or lifetime dollar limits on mental health benefits that are less favorable than any such limits imposed on medical/surgical benefits. MHPAEA preserves the MHPA protections and adds significant new protections, such as …

https://www.hhs.gov/guidance/document/mental-health-parity-and-addiction-equity-act

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Federal & State Issues - We Advocate, Support & Advance Mental …

(6 days ago) WEBAdvocate, Support & Advance Mental Health Access. Our federal and state government affairs efforts center on advocacy to ensure that the unique needs of counselors and their clients are considered in the development of laws and regulations impacting the field. We monitor and report on legislative and regulatory developments, lobby for relevant

https://www.counseling.org/advocacy/federal-state-issues

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Parity of Mental Health and Substance Use Benefits with …

(5 days ago) WEBParity of mental health and substance use benefits There is now a United States law stating that certain health plans must cover mental health and substance use (MH/SU) services comparably (in a similar way) to medical and surgical 1 Specifically, the law (the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act or MHPAEA)

https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/EBSA/laws-and-regulations/laws/mental-health-parity/parity-of-mental-health-and-substance-use-benefits-with-other-benefits.pdf

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New Federal Rules Seek To Strengthen Mental Health Parity

(2 days ago) WEBOn July 25, 2023, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the tri-agencies) proposed a new rule to strengthen the enforcement of the federal Mental Health Parity and

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/new-federal-rules-seek-strengthen-mental-health-parity

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Does the Affordable Care Act cover individuals with mental health

(1 days ago) WEBYes. Mental and behavioral health services are considered what’s called essential health benefits. Most individual and small employer health insurance plans, including all plans offered through the Health Insurance Marketplace®, must cover mental health and substance use disorder services. Also required are services that can help …

https://www.hhs.gov/answers/health-insurance-reform/does-the-aca-cover-individuals-with-mental-health-problems/index.html

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HHS Mental Health Accomplishments by the Numbers

(8 days ago) WEBHRSA, through Bipartisan Safer Communities Act funding, expanded the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access grant program, which funds pediatric mental health care teams to provide tele-consultation for providers in settings such as primary care practices, emergency departments, and schools. With this expansion, 36 states have …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/16/hhs-mental-health-accomplishments-numbers.html

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Behavioral Health Services Medicaid

(Just Now) WEB1915 (i) State Plan Services. Community First Choice. Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health services in the United States and is increasingly playing a larger role in the reimbursement of substance use disorder services. Individuals with a behavioral health disorder also utilize significant health care services—nearly 12

https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/behavioral-health-services/index.html

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Mental health for all

(8 days ago) WEBState of California Mental health for all. California is transforming our entire mental health and substance use disorder system. The result: better behavioral health care for all Californians. We’re delivering on the promises made decades ago for care in the community. And we’re focusing on those who are the most ill, unsheltered, and

https://mentalhealth.ca.gov/

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Iowa mental health, substance use system consolidation signed …

(Just Now) WEBThe law eliminates the state's 13 Mental Health and Disability Service regions and 19 Integrated Provider Networks that manage substance use disorder and problem gambling services. Reynolds

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/15/iowa-mental-health-substance-use-system-consolidation-signed-into-law-kim-reynolds/73672968007/

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What You Need to KNoW about MeNtal health Coverage

(3 days ago) WEBbenefits — rather, the law states that if mental health benefits are offered, they can’t have more restrictive requirements than those that apply to physical health benefits. Fortunately, the vast majority of large group plans already provided mental health benefits before the parity law took effect. In addition,

https://www.apa.org/topics/parity-guide.pdf

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During Mental Health Awareness Month, U. S. Department of …

(4 days ago) WEBToday, during Mental Health Awareness Month, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new actions to increase access to school-based mental health services, including: (1) nearly doubling investments in the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department’s) School-Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) and Mental …

https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/during-mental-health-awareness-month-u-s-department-education-announces-new-actions-increase-access-school-based-mental-health-services

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Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders Medicare

(Just Now) WEBMedicare covers certain screenings, services, and programs that aid in the treatment and recovery of mental health and substance use disorders. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988, the free and confidential Suicide Crisis Lifeline. You can call and speak with a trained crisis counselor 24 hours a day, 7 days

https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/mental-health-substance-use-disorder

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Mental Health by the Numbers: The 2024 Survey Infographic

(3 days ago) WEBEach year, ALM and Law.com Compass conduct our Mental Health Survey of the Legal Profession, tracking the well-being of lawyers and staff at law firms of any size, anywhere in the world.

https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2024/05/17/mental-health-by-the-numbers-the-2024-survey-infographic/

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Do States with Easier Access to Guns have More Suicide Deaths by …

(9 days ago) WEBWe find that suicide by firearm is highest in states with the fewest gun laws (10.8 per 100,000), lower in states with moderate gun laws (8.4 per 100,000), and the lowest in states with the most

https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/do-states-with-easier-access-to-guns-have-more-suicide-deaths-by-firearm/

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Gov. Reynolds Signs HF 2673, Behavioral Health Alignment

(5 days ago) WEBToday, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed HF 2673, a bill that aligns Iowa’s 32 disconnected mental health and substance use regions into 7 unified behavioral health districts to improve outcomes for Iowans, into law. “Today, we align Iowa’s 32 separate mental health and substance use service regions into one, unified behavioral health …

https://governor.iowa.gov/press-release/2024-05-15/gov-reynolds-signs-hf-2673-behavioral-health-alignment

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UnitedHealthcare faces state penalty for uneven mental health …

(6 days ago) WEBUpdated: 1:20 p.m. UnitedHealthcare is facing penalties for allegedly violating mental health parity laws. After an investigation, the Minnesota Department of Commerce said the company covers

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/05/14/unitedhealthcare-faces-state-penalty-for-uneven-mental-health-care-coverage

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New State Laws Could Complicate Behavioral Health Dealmaking

(3 days ago) WEBState governments are casting an increasingly critical eye on health care dealmaking, likely making it harder for the behavioral health industry to transact deals. The impact of these laws will be uneven across the U.S. as some state legislatures take up or resist these laws. Today, about a dozen states have some form of disclosure and …

https://bhbusiness.com/2024/05/14/raft-of-new-state-laws-could-complicate-behavioral-health-dealmaking/

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Fetterman & Smith Introduce Bill to Establish Senate Commission …

(2 days ago) WEBWashington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the United States Senate Commission on Mental Health Act of 2024.The bill would establish a U.S. Senate Commission on Mental Health tasked with providing Congress and the president independent, expert policy recommendations to improve …

https://www.fetterman.senate.gov/press-releases/news-fetterman-smith-introduce-bill-to-establish-senate-commission-on-mental-health/

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Peru protesters slam new insurance law that deems transgender …

(8 days ago) WEBCritics of the law have argued that its update of the country's PEAS health regulations was unnecessary, since existing rules already allowed for universal access to mental health services.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-protesters-slam-new-insurance-law-that-deems-transgender-people-mentally-2024-05-18/

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Law enforcement leaders eye therapy dogs as potential boost to …

(7 days ago) WEBMental health experts and law enforcement officials looking to help officers cope with on-the-job trauma see therapy animals as a promising way to support the well-being of cops who have

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/19/law-enforcement-leaders-eye-therapy-dogs-as-potential-boost-to-officer-mental-health/

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DeSantis says he’s ‘restoring sanity’ by erasing climate - Grist

(8 days ago) WEBDeSantis is well aware of the consequences of climate change. In recent years, he’s poured money into adapting to sea level rise, signing legislation that awards $640 million for resilience

https://grist.org/politics/desantis-signs-florida-law-removing-climate-change/

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Firefighters' cancer benefits are clarified in a new law, but

(3 days ago) WEBCasello says the Legislature absolutely intended to clarify the cancer benefits. The bill spells out 20 individual types of cancer for which firefighters should receive benefits. Davis has been treated for one of those, so Casello says the law should apply in this case. “This is the law. There’s a law. Just follow the law," he says.

https://health.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-florida/2024-05-13/firefighters-cancer-benefits-are-clarified-in-a-new-law-but-tallahassee-isnt-onboard

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