Tuesday, January 2, 2007

New Oregon law will require parity in mental health coverage

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A new Oregon law kicks in as of 2007, requiring health insurance plans throughout the state to extend the same coverage to mental illnesses as they do to physical ones.

The new law affects group health plans that collectively insure more than a million Oregonians, but excludes federal workers, individual health insurance policies and people on Medicare or Medicaid, who already have parity.

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