VT Edition: Mike Fisher on the Mental Health Parity law
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Jane Lindholm
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Late last week the House approved legislation that would strengthen Vermont's 10-year-old mental health parity law-earlier in the session, the senate had passed a similar bill. And the bill is now in committee being reconciled before being sent over to the Governor.
Vermont's mental health parity law requires health insurance companies to provide comparable coverage for physical and mental health conditions. The legislation gives the state Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration, or BISHCA, specific authority to oversee how health insurance companies comply with the parity law.
Mike Fisher is Vice Chair of the House Human Services committee, who was active in passing the new Mental Health Parity law. He spoke with VPR's Jane Lindholm about the bill.
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