Home Health Care Aides and Wage Parity | Department of Labor

In accordance with Public Health Law 3614-c, all certified home health agencies, long term home health care programs, and managed care plans who elect to provide home care aide services subject to the Home Care Worker Wage Parity Law through contracts with licensed home care services agencies, fiscal intermediaries, or other third parties must verify in a written certification to the …

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)

Although the law requires a general equivalence in the way MH/SUD and medical/surgical benefits are treated with respect to annual and lifetime dollar limits, financial requirements and treatment limitations, MHPAEA does NOT require group health plans or health insurance issuers to cover MH/SUD benefits. However, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and …