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Reducing the Economic Burden of Unmet Mental Health Needs

(8 days ago) WEBWhile Federal and State laws require parity in coverage between mental and physical health services, mental health services are more than 5 times as likely to be charged out-of-network, and in

https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2022/05/31/reducing-the-economic-burden-of-unmet-mental-health-needs/

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HHS’s New Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefit

(3 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA or Parity Law) requires most health plans or health insurers that offer coverage for mental health conditions or substance use disorders to make these benefits comparable to those offered for medical and surgical benefits. This means that deductibles, copays, out-of …

https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/20220427/hhs-new-mental-health-substance-use-disorder-benefit-resources

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New Federal Rules Seek To Strengthen Mental Health Parity

(2 days ago) WEBOn July 25, 2023, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the tri-agencies) proposed a new rule to strengthen the enforcement of the federal Mental Health Parity and

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/new-federal-rules-seek-strengthen-mental-health-parity

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What you need to know about the cost and accessibility of mental …

(7 days ago) WEBBeyond the cost of mental health care, access to care is improving but still a big issue. Access and coverage for mental health and substance abuse treatments have improved in recent years thanks to the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which barred health insurers from making coverage for mental health more restrictive …

https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/In-The-News/2021/What-you-need-to-know-about-the-cost-and-accessibility-of-mental-health-care-in-America

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The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of …

(2 days ago) WEBThe Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 (Division FF, Title I of P.L. 117-328, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023): Section-by-Section Summary The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act was enacted on December 29, 2022, as Division FF, Title I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 …

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47910

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Does your insurance cover mental health services?

(2 days ago) WEBThe federal parity law generally applies to the following types of health insurance: Employer-sponsored health coverage, for companies with 50 or more employees; Coverage purchased through health insurance …

https://www.apa.org/topics/managed-care-insurance/parity-guide

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Cost and accessibility of mental health care in America

(2 days ago) WEBThe cost of mental health. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans has some type of mental health condition. Spending on mental health treatment and services reached $225 billion in 2019, according to an …

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/10/cost-and-accessibility-of-mental-health-care-in-america.html

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Understanding the CAA’s Changes to the Mental Health Parity and

(9 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) requires health plans and health insurance policies to provide benefits for mental health and substance use disorders that are comparable to the benefits that they provide for medical and surgical expenses. The Act addresses comparability in both quantitative and …

https://www.ballardspahr.com/Insights/Alerts-and-Articles/2022/01/Understanding-the-Mental-Health-Parity-and-Addiction-Equity-Act

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Current Mental Health Legislation Mental Health America

(4 days ago) WEBRecovery as the Goal. Medicaid Reentry Act. The Safe Step Act of 2019. Learn about some of the bills introduced in the 116th Congress and where they fall in line with Mental Health America's legislative priorities: Overall Health Care Reform Legislation Lower Health Care Costs Act.

https://mhanational.org/issues/current-mental-health-legislation

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Mental health inequities to cost $478B in 2024, $1.3T by 2040

(Just Now) WEBInequities in mental health across the U.S. will run the country nearly half a trillion dollars in avoidable costs through 2024—and could escalate to $1.3 trillion in 2040 if left unchecked

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/mental-health-inequities-cost-478b-unnecessary-expenses-2024

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Paying for Behavioral Health Treatment: The Role of the …

(4 days ago) WEBThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) extended dependent care coverage to all individuals under age 26. The coverage expansion in 2010 likely caused an increase in private insurance coverage and mental health treatment use for young adults. For mental health and substance use treatment, changes in who pays for care can be evaluated using the …

https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/paying-behavioral-health-treatment-role-affordable-care-act

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H.R.7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act …

(5 days ago) WEB(a) Suicide Prevention Lifeline.— (1) P LAN.—Section 520E–3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36c) is amended— (A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and (B) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: “(c) Plan.— “(1) I N GENERAL.—For purposes of maintaining the suicide prevention hotline under …

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7666/text

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Does the Affordable Care Act cover individuals with mental health

(1 days ago) WEBYes. Mental and behavioral health services are considered what’s called essential health benefits. Most individual and small employer health insurance plans, including all plans offered through the Health Insurance Marketplace®, must cover mental health and substance use disorder services. Also required are services that can help …

https://www.hhs.gov/answers/health-insurance-reform/does-the-aca-cover-individuals-with-mental-health-problems/index.html

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HHS Mental Health Accomplishments by the Numbers

(8 days ago) WEBHRSA, through Bipartisan Safer Communities Act funding, expanded the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access grant program, which funds pediatric mental health care teams to provide tele-consultation for providers in settings such as primary care practices, emergency departments, and schools. With this expansion, 36 states have …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/16/hhs-mental-health-accomplishments-numbers.html

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)

(4 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) provided that large group health plans cannot impose annual or lifetime dollar limits on mental health benefits that are less favorable than any such limits imposed on medical/surgical benefits. MHPAEA preserves the MHPA protections and adds significant new protections, such as extending the parity

https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/private-health-insurance/mental-health-parity-addiction-equity

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Limited mental health equity might cost U.S. $14T by 2040

(4 days ago) WEBThe cost of avoidable mental health emergencies due to inequitable access is only slated to grow, the assessment continued. By 2040, the Deloitte and Meharry researchers estimated the U.S. would spend $1.26 trillion each year on costs related to mental health inequities. That includes an estimated $17.5 billion in ED utilization.

https://www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/news/366585593/Limited-mental-health-equity-might-cost-US-14T-by-2040

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Medicare Mental Health Coverage What Changed and What Gaps …

(5 days ago) WEBVicki Fung et al., “Assessment of Behavioral Health Services Use Among Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries After Reductions in Coinsurance Fees,” JAMA Network Open 3, no. 10 (Oct. 8, 2020): e2019854; and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/explainer/2023/mar/medicare-mental-health-coverage-included-changed-gaps-remain

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Free or low-cost treatment for mental health, drugs, alcohol

(7 days ago) WEBPay based on what you make. Many health care professionals that treat mental health and drug or alcohol use will offer a “sliding-fee scale” payment option. This means the price you pay depends on how much money you make. When you call to set up an appointment, ask if they have a sliding-fee scale or other options for a lower cost.

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-support/how-to-pay-for-treatment/free-or-low-cost-treatment

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Mental Health & Addiction Services

(Just Now) WEBEstablished under the provisions of the New Jersey Community Mental Health Services Act (N.J.A.C. 10:37), appointed residents provide public leadership in the development of mental health resources in its advisory role to the Bergen County Department of Health and the Bergen County Board of County Commissioners.

https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/mental-health-addiction-services

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Mental health and substance abuse health coverage options

(5 days ago) WEBA set of 10 categories of services health insurance plans must cover under the Affordable Care Act. These include doctors’ services, inpatient and outpatient hospital care, prescription drug coverage, pregnancy and childbirth, mental health services, and more. Some plans cover more services. Refer to glossary for more details.

https://www.healthcare.gov/coverage/mental-health-substance-abuse-coverage/

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How the Consolidated Appropriations Act Will Help Older Adults

(8 days ago) WEBCongress ended 2022 by passing an omnibus bill with several key policy items important to older adults, including provisions that will help Americans save for retirement and access mental health care. The bipartisan measure—formally known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023—includes most of the priorities identified by the

https://www.ncoa.org/article/new-law-will-help-older-americans-save-for-retirement-access-mental-health-care

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Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) - DHCS

(6 days ago) WEBMental Health Services Act . The MHSA was passed by California voters in 2004 and is funded by a one percent income tax on personal income in excess of $1 million per year. It is designed to expand and transform California's behavioral health system to better serve individuals with, and at risk of, serious mental health issues, and their …

https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/mh/Pages/MH_Prop63.aspx

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Behavioral Health: Activities of the National Mental Health and

(2 days ago) WEBThis Q&A report reviews the work of the Policy Lab—a support office within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Policy Lab works across SAMHSA to support the agency's efforts to implement policy change, coordinate its programs, and publish evidence-based information related to substance misuse and …

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106760

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Systems Advocacy - The Official Web Site for The State of …

(2 days ago) WEBMental Health Association of NJ 88 Pompton Avenue, Suite 1 Verona, N 07044 (973) 571-4100 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill -Bergen County 309 Valley Boulevard, Room 30 Woodridge, NJ 07075 (201) 635-9595 Warren County Legal Services 91 Front Street Belvedere, NJ 07823 (908) 475-2010 .

https://www.nj.gov/humanservices/dmhas/resources/services/treatment/mental_health/Systems_Advocacy.pdf

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Fetterman, Smith want a Senate mental health commission

(4 days ago) WEBNow Fetterman and Smith are unveiling a bill to establish a bipartisan Senate mental health commission they say would address gaps in patient care, provider payment and other persistent problems

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/fetterman-smith-want-senate-mental-health-commission/

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California Moves Faster to Transform Mental Health System for All, …

(9 days ago) WEBWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: California is accelerating the distribution of billions of dollars in new funding available to counties and others to construct outpatient, inpatient, and residential behavioral health facilities and creating new mental health resources for Californians across the state.. REDWOOD CITY – Today, while visiting a …

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/05/14/california-moves-faster-to-transform-mental-health-system-for-all-with-urgent-focus-on-most-seriously-ill-homeless/

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Healthcare Protection Act would insure patients get the mental …

(1 days ago) WEBGov. J.B. Pritzker supports the Healthcare Protection Act, which would ban prior authorization for inpatient mental health treatment. The legislation has been approved by the Illinois House and

https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/05/18/healthcare-protection-act-would-insure-patients-get-the-mental-health-treatment-they-need

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Mikie Sherrill Re-Entry Act aims to boost mental health care

(8 days ago) WEBRep. Sherrill pitches $100M a year to boost mental health care in US jails and prisons. The bill calls for $100 million in fiscal year 2025 that would increase over five years to $140 million by

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/20/nj-mikie-sherrill-re-entry-act-prison-mental-health-care/73720805007/

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Eligible Expenses for Your Horizon MyWay Flexible

(6 days ago) WEBYou can use your Horizon MyWay Flexible Spending Account (FSA) to pay for a wide variety of health, dental and vision care products and services for you and your covered dependents. The IRS determines which expenses are eligible for reimbursement. This list identifies the eligibility of some of the most common expenses. In addition to the

https://www.horizonblue.com/sites/default/files/2019-11/EC00749_Health_FSA_Eligible_Expenses.pdf

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Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders Medicare

(Just Now) WEBMedicare covers certain screenings, services, and programs that aid in the treatment and recovery of mental health and substance use disorders. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988, the free and confidential Suicide Crisis Lifeline. You can call and speak with a trained crisis counselor 24 hours a day, 7 days

https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/mental-health-substance-use-disorder

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Pass the Restoring Mental Health Act — now - New York Post

(9 days ago) WEBPublished May 19, 2024, 7:16 p.m. ET. New York City Mayor Eric Adams wants the Legislature to pass the Restoring Mental Health Act before it skips town next month. Andrew Schwartz / SplashNews.com

https://nypost.com/2024/05/19/opinion/pass-the-restoring-mental-health-act-now/

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Pritzker Pledges to Expand Access to Mental Health Care in Illinois

(1 days ago) WEBOn Wednesday, Pritzker credited “greater investments” in mental health — such as being able to use American Rescue Plan Act dollars to expand services and creating the state’s Children’s Behavioral Transformation Initiative — to Illinois’ improving financial picture, though he added, “there’s a whole lot more to do.”.

https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/18/pritzker-pledges-expand-access-mental-health-care-illinois

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Janine Elliott - Psychology Today

(4 days ago) WEBJanine Elliott, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, North Bergen, NJ, 07047, Janine Elliott takes a collaborative approach to building relationships with clients that empower them to thrive in their

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/janine-elliott-north-bergen-nj/1309630

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Westfield Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Therapist

(6 days ago) WEBFind Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Therapists, Psychologists and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Counseling in Westfield, Union County, New Jersey, get help for Acceptance and

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy-act/nj/westfield

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Chairs Rodgers and Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee …

(3 days ago) WEBH.R. 7188, Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act (Reps. Moolenaar and Dingell) H.R. 6033, Supporting Patient Education And Knowledge (SPEAK) Act of 2023 (Reps. Steel and Gomez) H.R. 7858, Telehealth Enhancement for Mental Health Act of 2024 (Reps. James and D.G. Davis)

https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairs-rodgers-and-guthrie-announce-health-subcommittee-markup-of-23-bills

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About Stop Overdose Stop Overdose CDC

(Just Now) WEBAbout CDC's Stop Overdose initiative. Overview. Drugs take nearly 300 lives every day. 1 To address the increasing number of overdose deaths related to both prescription opioids and illegal drugs, we created a website to educate people who use drugs about the dangers of illegally manufactured fentanyl, the risks and consequences …

https://www.cdc.gov/stop-overdose/about/index.html

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Videos Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 Review

(6 days ago) WEBMay 21, 2024. About the Exposure Draft Mental Health Bill 2024 NT Health is working to reform mental health legislation in the Territory. The main legislation in the Territory currently is the Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 (MHRSA). The MHRSA commenced on 1 February.

https://haveyoursay.nt.gov.au/release-of-exposure-draft-mental-health-bill-2024/videos

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Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions …

(7 days ago) WEB1 Name of Act This Act is theMental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020. 2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation. 3 Definitions (1) In this Act— cognitive impairment—see section 5. Commissioner of Victims Rightsmeans the Commissioner of Victims Rights …

https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/pdf/inforce/2024-05-21/act-2020-012

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