So one of the things that the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Treatment Act, along with subsequent parity laws, did was to ensure that plans provide information on how they are making mental and behavioral health parity decisions.
Kennedy emphasizes the importance of transparency in mental health parity decisions by insurance plans.
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This is, in all likelihood, my last committee hearing as well. It has been an extraordinary honor and pleasure and privilege for me to join all of you on the best committee in Congress.
Bills of this are already in place. As you know, for oncologists, particularly pediatric oncologists and others, they have these support systems.
This is an issue that is important to me, important to my constituents across Massachusetts...
What your bill is calling for is the ability for that to be transparent, to get out, so that State legislatures can start to enact similar laws like that to help provide some accountability.
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