Updated Mental Health Parity Rules Expected This Month
This month, the Obama administration is expected to issue rules outlining the type of mental health coverage insurers must provide under the Affordable Care Act. After the mass shooting in Connecticut in December 2012, President Obama promised that his administration would release new rules that build on the 2008 mental health parity law.
- "Impending Rules Will Guide Equality for Mental Health" (Kennedy, USA Today, 2/6).