Mental health and substance use parity is the idea that insurance plans should cover mental health and substance use treatment the same way they do physical health. In the United States, the 2008 Mental Health and Addiction […]
The California Department of Insurance has adopted new rules to enforce mental health parity under SB 855, ensuring private insurers cover mental health and substance use treatment. Learn what the new regulations mean for access and accountability.
California’s Mental Health Parity Act, strengthened by Senate Bill 855 (Wiener, 2020), requires all state-regulated commercial health plans to cover mental health and substance use disorders as fully as they cover other medical conditions. But a recent CalMatters investigative report by Jocelyn Wiener underscores the continued, urgent need for enforcement measures that hold insurance companies accountable for providing coverage.
Statement crossposted from the CEO Alliance for Mental Health where Steinberg Institute CEO Karen Larsen, LMFT is one of 16 members. The CEO Alliance for Mental Health, a group of CEOs of the leading organizations dedicated to […]