This past Thursday the Ohio Department of Insurance announced that they have created an informational toolkit to provide consumers and stakeholders with information about the new federal mental health parity law that went into effect in October of 2009. The new law requires parity between benefits for mental health and substance use disorders and benefits for medical and surgical treatments under certain health plans. The Department’s mental health parity informational toolkit is available at www.insurance.ohio.gov in the informational toolkits section. The toolkit contains a comprehensive frequently asked questions section.
Large employers are subject to the new federal law but smaller employers are not. However, they are subject to requirements under the new state mental health parity law.
I hope you have a great week!
Cheri L. Walter
Chief Executive Officer
