APA Dictionary of Psychology

mental health parity

Updated on 04/19/2018
in U.S. health care law, the mandate that the treatment limits and financial requirements that insurers apply to benefits for treatment of mental health and substance use disorders must not be more restrictive than those applied to medical and surgical benefits in group health plans that provide all such benefits to more than 50 employees.
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