News: Health Insurance Mental Health Parity Will Become Law
The New York Times says that bills have been passed by the House of Representatives and US Senate that will require insurance providers to give equal coverage for mental and physical claims. Apparently, the law will be coming soon in the U.S.
In the mental health provision, group health insurance plans will now be required to cover mental treatments as they would physical. In the Senate, a part of an alternative fuels, energy conservation and renewable energy bill is the mental health parity.
The Senate’s energy bill, including the mental health parity provision, was approved in a 93 to 2 vote. In the House, a stand-alone mental health bill that applies to all health insurance plans was approved yesterday by a vote of 376 to 47.
It is expected that the Senate and the House will send a single mental health bill to the president’s desk, reports the Times article. Both Chambers of Congress, health insurance companies, mental health advocates and the White House all support the mental health bills.
New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici has stated, “No longer will people with mental illness have their mental health coverage treated differently than their coverage for other illnesses like cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
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