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Published Online: 15 October 2004

1996 Parity Law Extended

Publication: Psychiatric News
Volume 39, Number 20
https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.39.20.0390010b
On September 23 the Senate and House of Representatives passed the latest in a series of one-year extensions of the 1996 Mental Health Parity Act. The vote extends the expiration date of the law until December 31, 2005. This parity law is a limited one that mandates equality in insurance benefits between mental and physical health care in both annual and lifetime dollar limits.
While pleased with the vote to extend the 1996 law, APA and its allies continue to work to convince members of both houses to pass the Sen. Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, a more comprehensive mandate that would guarantee parity in areas such as copayments, deductibles, and visit limits (Psychiatric News, March 5). It would apply to companies with 50 or more employees as long as those companies offer coverage for mental health care.

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