ADVISORY: ATTORNEYS GENERAL TONG AND NERONHA TO ANNOUNCE MULTISTATE EFFORT TO PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER CARE
Benton, Elizabeth
EMBARGOED/NOT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Blake Collins
May 13, 2022 (401) 274-4400 x2268
Twitter @AGNeronha
**MEDIA ADVISORY **
PROVIDENCE, RI – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha will be joined by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy on Monday, May 16, 2022, to announce an effort in support of state mental health parity laws recently impacted by a decision in Wit v. United Behavioral Health, a case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
WHO: Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong
Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, lead author of the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
WHEN: **EMBARGOED UNTIL TIME OF EVENT**
Monday, May 16, 2022
11:00 a.m. ET
WHAT: In 2019, a federal district court judge ruled the nation’s largest managed behavioral health care company (United Behavioral Health) wrongfully denied mental health and addiction treatment coverage to tens of thousands of subscribers. In March 2022, that ruling was overturned, setting a dangerous precedent for how treatment can be covered nationwide—even as the Surgeon General, the President, and other national leaders warn of a serious mental health and addiction crisis in the wake of the pandemic. United violated Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Illinois state law in denying addiction care to state residents, however, the 3-judge appellate panel ignored these findings by the federal district court when it reversed the trial court ruling.
WHERE: Virtual press event
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