New Jersey S952 requires health insurance coverage for annual mental health screenings.
New Jersey S952 mandates that health insurers, including service corporations, commercial individual and group health insurers, health maintenance organizations, health benefits plans, and the State Health Benefits Program, provide coverage for an annual mental health screening. The bill ensures that mental health conditions and substance use disorders are covered under the same terms and conditions as other medical or surgical benefits, in compliance with the federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.
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