August 18, 2011

Letter to HHS Recommending Essential Behavioral Health Benefits

The letter is a joint recommendation submitted by a coalition of behavioral health industry advocacy groups to the federal government proposing the essential behavioral health benefits (EHB) to be included in commercial health insurance benchmark plans available through affordable health insurance exchanges as of 2014. The coalition includes the National Council, the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Mental Health America, and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, which developed the recommendation. The recommendation was submitted in advance of a formal request for comments on EHB by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.