09/18/2014
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"Today's Health Subcommittee hearing will examine the Federal mental health parity laws and regulations."
"Parity means that insurers need to treat copayments, treatment limits, prior authorization for mental health, substance use disorder the same way they treat for physical health care."
"In 2008, Congress passed a bill requiring most group health plans to provide more generous coverage for treatment of mental illnesses."
"H.R. 1807, the Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015, sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis (IL) and Rep. Michael Burgess (TX) reauthorizes a sickle cell disease de..."