Legal Opinion
Rea v. Blue Shield of California
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 10, 2014No. B244314PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JOHNSON, J.
In 1999, the Legislature enacted the California Mental Health Parity Act (Health & Saf. Code, § 1374.72) (Parity Act) to address the imbalance between medical coverage for physical illnesses and mental illnesses. The Parity Act mandated that every health care service plan contract “provide coverage for the diagnosis and medically necessary treatment of severe mental illnesses . . . under the same terms and conditions applied to other medical conditions.” (§ 1374.72, subd. (a).) At issue in this appeal is whether the Parity Act requires coverage for residential treatment for…
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