A Report to the 2005-2006 California State Legislature Analysis of Senate Bill 572

April 16, 2005 A Report to the 2005-2006 California State Legislature Analysis of Senate Bill 572 Mental Health Benefits CHBRP has estimated that modest utilization changes would occur as a result of the mandate. Increased utilization would result from an elimination of benefit limits (e.g., limits on number of annual hospital days and outpatient visits) and reduced cost-sharing levels (e.g. copayments that may be higher than for other health care services). Increased utilization would also result for people who previously had no coverage at all of mental health treatment for conditions other than those defined in . . .