Mental Health Parity: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Parity Definition Implications
@inproceedings{Kessler2014MentalHP,
title={Mental Health Parity: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Parity Definition Implications},
author={Suann Kessler},
year={2014}
}Introduction ............................................................................................. 145 I. Brief History of Mental Illness ........................................................ 147 II. Before Mental Health Parity Legislation ...................................... 150 III. Mental Health Parity Legislation .................................................. 152 A. Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 ........................................ 153 B. Mental Health Parity and…
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