Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equality Act
Subject Matter: Insurance coverage Jurisdiction: Federal Citations: 29 U.S. Code § 1185a; 45 CFR Part 147.136 et seq. Summary: Federal legislation signed into law in 2008 that required large insurance plans to cover mental health care as they would general medical...Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Obamacare”)
Subject Matter: Insurance coverage Jurisdiction: Federal Citations: 42 U.S. Code § 18001 et seq. including 42 U.S. Code § 18022 (Essential Health Benefits) Summary: Federal legislation that, among other things, mandated that mental health and addiction treatments are...
Advocacy Alert: Federal Synthetic Drug and Medicaid Institutes for Mental Disease
Advocacy Advocacy Alerts Find Your Representatives State FAQs Legal Repository Contact Us Advocacy Alert: Federal Synthetic Drug and Medicaid Institutes for Mental Disease October 11, 2018 HB 449: Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2018 On January 11, 2017,...
Advocacy Alert: Empowering Pharmacists and Better Data Act
Advocacy Advocacy Alerts Find Your Representatives State FAQs Legal Repository Contact Us Advocacy Alert: Empowering Pharmacists and Better Data Act October 4, 2018 HB 4275: Empowering Pharmacists in the Fight Against Opioid Abuse Act On November 7,...
A national membership association that provides education and advocacy for those in the behavioral health and addiction treatment industries.
We are the leading and unifying voice of addiction-focused treatment programs.
