Newsletter Articles | October 31, 2004
Bush Extends Mental Health Parity Act for Another Year
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Industry News
On October 6, 2004, President Bush extended the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) of 1996 that was scheduled to sunset at the close of 2004 until December 31, 2005. The MHPA was established to ensure equivalence between mental health and medical health insurance coverage with respect to annual and lifetime dollar limits. The American Hospital Association, through its work with the Coalition for Fairness in Mental Illness Coverage, advocated to extend and expand the law.
The law . . .