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Call your health plan and ask what mental health care services it covers. The California Mental Health Parity Law and the federal MHPAEA do not apply to Medicare plans.

The American Psychiatric Association has created State Model Parity-Implementation Legislation Adapted to All 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) is a federal law that generally prevents group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits from imposing less favorable benefit limitations on those ...

The law (A2031/S1339) requires health insurers to provide coverage for mental health conditions and substance use disorders under the same terms and conditions as provided for any other sickness and to meet the requirements of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

"In need of involuntary commitment" or "in need of involuntary commitment to treatment" means that an adult with mental illness, whose mental illness causes the person to be dangerous to self or dangerous to others or property and who is unwilling to accept appropriate treatment voluntarily after it has been offered, ...

RESULTS: The definitions of mental illness used in state parity legislation vary significantly and fall into one of three major categories: "broad-based mental illness," "serious mental illness," or "biologically based mental illness." To define each of these categories, state legislatures do not rely on clinically ...

Title 30 was enacted to help families with issues such as substance abuse, lack of food, or insufficient medical care. The concerns facing the family do not rise to the level of abuse or neglect but nevertheless, pose a danger to the well-being of the children and must be remedied.

The County Adjuster is responsible for carrying out the duties outlined in New Jersey statute 30:4-34, including: The charge and supervision of the preparation of papers regarding the admission and/or commitment of clients to private, county, state and federal psychiatric hospitals.

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The State is responsible for providing care, treatment and rehabilitation services to mentally ill persons who are disabled and cannot provide basic care for themselves or who are dangerous to themselves, others or property; and because some of these mentally ill persons do not seek treatment or are not able to benefit ...

In New Jersey, someone is “dangerous to themselves” if, because “of mental illness, the person has threatened or attempted suicide or serious bodily harm”, or has behaved in a way that “indicate[s] that the person is unable to satisfy his or her need for nourishment, essential medical care or shelter so that it is ...

Call your health plan and ask what mental health care services it covers. The California Mental Health Parity Law and the federal MHPAEA do not apply to Medicare plans.

The American Psychiatric Association has created State Model Parity-Implementation Legislation Adapted to All 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) is a federal law that generally prevents group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits from imposing less favorable benefit limitations on those ...

The law (A2031/S1339) requires health insurers to provide coverage for mental health conditions and substance use disorders under the same terms and conditions as provided for any other sickness and to meet the requirements of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

"In need of involuntary commitment" or "in need of involuntary commitment to treatment" means that an adult with mental illness, whose mental illness causes the person to be dangerous to self or dangerous to others or property and who is unwilling to accept appropriate treatment voluntarily after it has been offered, ...

RESULTS: The definitions of mental illness used in state parity legislation vary significantly and fall into one of three major categories: "broad-based mental illness," "serious mental illness," or "biologically based mental illness." To define each of these categories, state legislatures do not rely on clinically ...

Title 30 was enacted to help families with issues such as substance abuse, lack of food, or insufficient medical care. The concerns facing the family do not rise to the level of abuse or neglect but nevertheless, pose a danger to the well-being of the children and must be remedied.

The County Adjuster is responsible for carrying out the duties outlined in New Jersey statute 30:4-34, including: The charge and supervision of the preparation of papers regarding the admission and/or commitment of clients to private, county, state and federal psychiatric hospitals.

Access to Care Ranking 2022 RankState 01 Vermont 02 Massachusetts 03 Maine 04 Wisconsin47 more rows

The State is responsible for providing care, treatment and rehabilitation services to mentally ill persons who are disabled and cannot provide basic care for themselves or who are dangerous to themselves, others or property; and because some of these mentally ill persons do not seek treatment or are not able to benefit ...

In New Jersey, someone is “dangerous to themselves” if, because “of mental illness, the person has threatened or attempted suicide or serious bodily harm”, or has behaved in a way that “indicate[s] that the person is unable to satisfy his or her need for nourishment, essential medical care or shelter so that it is ...

In New Jersey, someone is “dangerous to themselves” if, because “of mental illness, the person has threatened or attempted suicide or serious bodily harm”, or has behaved in a way that “indicate[s] that the person is unable to satisfy his or her need for nourishment, essential medical care or shelter so that it is ...