Legal Opinion
AK v. Behavioral Health Sys., Inc.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided May 28, 2019No. Case No. 3:18-cv-01238PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAVERLY D. CRENSHAW, JR., CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
In this case, C.K., an employee of American Family Care, Inc. and a participant in its Group Healthcare Plan ("the Plan"), seeks to have Defendants pay for residential treatment for her daughter A.K.'s eating disorder. Claims are brought under both the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1132 et seq. , and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act ("MHPAEA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1185, which amends ERISA and is "designed to end discrimination in the provision of coverage for mental health and substance use…
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