10/9/2008: Group Health Plans Have 1-2 Years to Comply With Expanded Mental Health Parity Act (Thompson Publishing Group Inc.)
Excerpt: "The MHPA provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-343) require group health plans that offer both medical/surgical and mental health coverage to provide parity between the two in deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, out-of-network coverage and limits on the scope or duration of treatment. HIPAA's original MHPA requirements applied only to annual and lifetime dollar limits on coverage."
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