Fw: [ILAssnMicroboardsandatives] Fwd: New IL law for mental health care ins. parity

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Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld

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[iLAssnMicroboardsandatives] Fwd: New IL law for mental health

care ins. parity

FYI

Teri Steinberg

Chicago Regional Organizer

Illinois Association of Microboards & atives, Inc.

Www.iambc.org

HI all,

Please pass this on to clients, co-workers and friends who are interested in

equality in mental health care services with physical health care services.

The governor recently signed a bill for parity in mental health services that

will go in effect 1/1/12 and also signed other related bills. This means that

insurance companies can't charge any more for mental health services than they

do for " physical " health services, and basically that whatever conditioins apply

for physical health need to apply for mental health services.

This information was in a State of IL enewsletter that I get. The article

doesn't have info about whether their are types of insurance that are exempt,

but it says that this legislation is more far reaching than what is in in the

federal Affordable Care Act.

People can talk with their insurance provider about this an look on the

internet for more detailed information.

http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/PressReleasesListShow.cfm?RecNum=9654

Sherry