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  2. Lawsuit challenges Biden-backed mental health benefits rule - AOL

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    The "parity" rule, which became final in September, was aimed at ensuring that group health plans provide access to benefits for mental health and substance abuse disorders on a par with benefits ...

  3. Biden administration finalizes rule to strengthen mental ...

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    The 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act already requires insurers and corporate-backed health plans to provide access and payment structures for mental health care services on par ...

  4. Mental Health Parity Act - Wikipedia

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    The Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) is legislation signed into United States law on September 26, 1996 that requires annual or lifetime dollar limits on mental health benefits to be no lower than any such dollar limits for medical and surgical benefits offered by a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering coverage in connection with a group health plan. [1]

  5. 21st Century Cures Act - Wikipedia

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    The law strengthens mental health parity regulation, [9] which require insurance companies to cover mental health treatments to the same extent and in the same way as medical treatments. It also includes grants to provide community mental health resources, suicide prevention and intervention programs, and de-escalation training for law ...

  6. A federal law demands mental health care parity. Why don't ...

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    The 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requires insurance plans to cover mental health and substance use disorder treatment with no more restrictions that they’d put on treatment ...

  7. Deinstitutionalization in the United States - Wikipedia

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    NAMI successfully lobbied to improve mental health services and gain equality of insurance coverage for mental illnesses. [1] In 1996, the Mental Health Parity Act was enacted into law, realizing the mental health movement's goal of equal insurance coverage. In 1955, there were 340 psychiatric hospital beds for every 100,000 US citizens.

  8. Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 - Wikipedia

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    The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was legislation signed by American President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the Democratically controlled House of ...

  9. New Freedom Commission on Mental Health - Wikipedia

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    The New Freedom Commission on Mental Health was established by U.S. President George W. Bush through Executive Order 13263 on April 29, 2002 to conduct a comprehensive study of the U.S. mental health service delivery system and make recommendations based on its findings. [1]