Autism Treatment Coverage Case Survives Dismissal, Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (November 25, 2020, 1:43 PM EST) -- SHERMAN, Texas — Plaintiffs in a class action claiming that an insurer imposes annual and yearly caps on autism treatments that it does not impose for similar services in the medical or surgical setting in violation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act adequately allege injury and have shown that they can represent individuals in unnamed plans, a federal judge in Texas said in denying a motion to dismiss on Nov. 23 (C.C. & L.C., et al. v. Baylor Scott & White Health, et al., No. 18-828, E.D. Texas, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 219259)....