California Assembly Passes Mental Health Coverage Bill

Mealey's (August 27, 2020, 11:24 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — By a 63-1 vote, the California Assembly on Aug. 26 passed legislation designed to overhaul and modernize the state's mental health coverage law by imposing more comprehensive mental health coverage requirements on insurers while placing limits on the ability of insurers to avoid coverage.  The amended bill heads back to the Senate, where earlier this year the measure passed by a 30-5 vote....