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March 3, 2008 - 4:50pm
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PANEL RELEASES MENTAL HEALTH PARITY BILL; WOULD REQUIRE EQUAL CARE FOR MENTAL ILLNESSES

PANEL RELEASES MENTAL HEALTH PARITY BILL;
WOULD REQUIRE EQUAL CARE FOR MENTAL ILLNESSES

Measure Would Ensure Care for Variety of Mental Illness, Including Addiction
        
(TRENTON)  -- The Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee today released legislation Assembly members Gordon Johnson, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Linda Greenstein and Patrick Diegnan sponsored to require health insurers to provide the same levels of coverage for a broad array of mental illnesses - including alcoholism and drug addiction - as they do for treating other diseases.

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