Economic Stimulus Package Contains New Parity Rules for Mental Health Benefits

Anne Moran’s article entitled “Economic Stimulus Package Contains New Parity Rules for Mental Health Benefits” was published in Employee Relations Law Journal in its Autumn 2009 edition. The article discusses the “Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act,” which was part of the Economic Stimulus package enacted by Congress in October 2008. The Act increases and expands the protections for mental health benefits that were established under the 1996 Mental Health Parity Act. To read this article, please click here.