North Carolina S566 enhances mental health and addiction recovery parity in health benefit plans.

North Carolina S566 updates state law to align with federal mental health parity requirements, ensuring that health benefit plans provide coverage for mental illnesses and substance use disorders on par with physical illnesses. The bill mandates that insurers apply the same limits and criteria for medical necessity for mental health conditions as for physical conditions. For substance use disorders, medical necessity determinations must rely on the most recent American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria.

North Carolina S566 enhances mental health and addiction recovery parity in health benefit plans.

North Carolina S566 updates state law to align with federal mental health parity requirements, ensuring that health benefit plans provide coverage for mental illnesses and substance use disorders on par with physical illnesses. The bill mandates that insurers apply the same limits and criteria for medical necessity for mental health conditions as for physical conditions. For substance use disorders, medical necessity determinations must rely on the most recent American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria.