America Honors Recovery Awards
2010 America Honors Recovery Event was on July 28, 2010! Learn more...
The Recovery Bill of Rights
is a statement of the principle that all Americans have a right to recover from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Learn more…
Campaigns: Addiction Recovery Insurance Equity
Interim Regulations announced for the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
On October 3, President Bush signed the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 into law as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (HR 1424). The law will begin to end the insurance discrimination facing people with addiction and mental illness. Learn more...
Recent updates
January, 2010: The Advocates for Human Potential recently released their white paper on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act interim regulations. The paper, which includes the Legal Action Center's preliminary analysis of the regulations, reviews the operational and strategic implications of the regulations for plans, payers and providers. The paper discusses the challenges and unanswered questions that remain as the MHPAEA is implemented, and identifies opportunities that are available to stakeholders in the field. Learn more...
January 29, 2010: The US Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor have released interim regulations providing guidance on how the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act must be implemented.
Faces & Voices belongs to the Parity Implementation Coalition and will be working with allied organizations to provide comments on the regulations. Public comments will be accepted through May 3, 2010. Learn more...