Plan Must Cover Room, Board for Residential Mental Health Treatment
HR Daily Advisor
JUNE 26, 2018
Because a group health plan covered room and board expenses for stays at skilled nursing facilities, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) required it to do so for residential mental health treatment facilities as well, a federal appeals court ruled in Danny P. Background. The plan also covered mental health services, including licensed “residential treatment facilities” that deal with mental health disorders. appealed this decision to the 9th U.S.
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