California Courts of Appeal
Jun. 12, 2014
Court: Insurers must cover mental health illnesses like physical ailments
The ruling will affect millions of Californians, given that so many have purchased insurance plans not governed by ERISA.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A California appeals court on Tuesday said the state's Mental Health Parity Act of 1999 requires insurers to cover mental health illnesses in the same way they cover physical illnesses.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal opinion follows a federal appellate decision that said the state's parity act requires plans governed by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, to cov...
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