SAMHSA COE_MSUFinancingNationalLegislation.pdf (136.71 kb)
SAMHSA FINANCING COE Inventory of National M/SU Financing Legislation Contents The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Affordable Health Care for America Act ................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Children222s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 ....................................................................................................................... 2 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 .......................................................................................................................... 2 Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) .............................................................. 3 Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Inventory of National M/SU Financing Legislation F I N A N C I N G CENTER OF EXCELLENCE rev. March 15 , 2010 3 Name of Legislation Bill Number Date Passed Description Related Links access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low- income ben efit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes." Pertinent to mental health, Title I, Subtitle A, Part 1 specifies dates for the gradual elimination, by 2014, of differential copayment rates for outpatient Medicare psychiatric services. This section is not applicable to substance use services. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/rele ase.asp?counter=3200 Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) H.R. 1424 1/3/2008 Contained within the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Title V, Subtitle B, is the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. This act builds on the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 and now requires private group health plans of 51 or more employees to cover mental health and substance use disorders at the same levels as medical and surgery benefits, if the plan offers mental health and substance use benefits. On January 29, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL), and the Treasury jointly issued interim - final rules governing the implementation of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). The Full text of legislation: http://frwebgate.access .gpo.gov/cgi - bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f :h1424enr.txt.pdf Summary of legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi - bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR01424:@@@D&summ2= m& Interim F inal Rule (IFR) governing MHPAEA: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010- 2167.pdf National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare Factsheet detailing IFR: http://www.thenationalcouncil.org/galleries/poli cy- file/01 - 29 - 2010%20MHP%20CMS%20fact%20sheet%20FIN AL.pdf
