6.1. Behavioral Health Policy
- Behavioral Health: What two public policies have been recently proposed or adopted to improve access to behavioral health services and treatment? Who are the private and public stakeholders? Name some organizations pushing for policy changes.
Please include at least two references from this week’s Learning Resources below and two references that must have been published within the past six months.
Resources
- Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.cms.gov/cciio/programs-and-initiatives/other-insurance-protections/mhpaea_factsheet.html.
- Cowell, A., Prakesh, S., & Jones, E., (2018). Behavioral Health Coverage in the Individual Market. Health Affairs, 37(7). Retrieved from https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1517.
- Priority Policies. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Public-Policy.
- Koons, C., & Tozzi, J., (2019). As Suicides Rise, Insurers Find Ways to Deny Mental Health Care. Retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-05-16/insurance-covers-mental-health-but-good-luck-using-it.
