Mental Health Parity and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse.

Health insurance.

Mental health facilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 pages, digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

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text file

Summary:

Reviews P.L. 104-204, the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996, and P.L. 110-343, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, which together created Federal mental health parity requirements until recently. Examines mental health parity provisions of P.L. 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), which expand the reach of the applicability of Federal mental health parity requirements previously enacted; and create a mandated benefit for the coverage of certain mental health and substance abuse disorder services in a number of specific financing arrangements. Analyzes impact of PPACA on existing small employer exemption under Federal mental health parity law.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Mental Health Parity and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

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