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31 Health Matrix 377 (2021)
Mental Health Care Disparity: The Highs and Lows of Parity Legislation

handle is hein.journals/hmax31 and id is 383 raw text is: HEALTH MATRIX - VOLUME 31 ' 2021 MENTAL HEALTH CARE DISPARITY: THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF PARITY LEGISLATION Outstanding Note of the Year (2020) Julie Gabellat CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 378 I. BACKGROUND ............................................................................ 381 A. Mental Illnesses ............................................................................381 B. Substance Use Disorders ...............................................................385 C. Federal Legislation .......................................................................386 II. BARRIERS TO MENTAL HEALTH PARITY ....................................... 389 A. Gaps in Federal Law .....................................................................389 1. Exemptions ................................................................................... 389 2. Benchmark Plans .......................................................................... 390 3. Ambiguity ..................................................................................... 391 4. Lack of Inform ation ....................................................................... 392 B . A ccess to C are .............................................................................394 C. Enforcement .................................................................................396 III. ANALYSIS OF STATE LAWS.......................................................... 398 A. Gaps in Federal Laws ...................................................................398 B . P roviding C larity ..........................................................................399 C . A ccess .........................................................................................4 0 1 D. Enforcement .................................................................................402 IV. LEGISLATIVE REFORM................................................................. 405 CONCLUSION...................................................................................... 407 t J.D. Candidate, 2021, Case Western Reserve University School of Law; M.Ed., Kent State University; B.A., Kent State University. I would like to thank Dr. Mary Ann Parris Stephens, whose encouragement and support influenced my decision to attend law school, and Professor Sharona Hoffman, whose feedback and guidance pushed me to produce a paper that I am extremely proud of. I also would like to thank my friends and family for being patient with me through this entire process. 377

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