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Enroll by December 15th in an ACA Marketplace plan to start covered on January 1, 2025! Enrollment for insurance is now underway! The ACA stands for the Affordable Care Act which is for individuals and families that do not have health insurance through an employer or Medicaid. In Illinois, ACA Plans are called Get Covered …

Open Enrollment For Marketplace Insurance Happening Now! Read More »

September 1, 2023 – Families will find more Medicaid Providers for ABA therapy coming soon. Advocates passed state legislation that will now require Illinois Medicaid (HFS) to allow Behavior Analysts (BCBA or Board Certified Behavior Analysts) to practice ABA therapy without a licensed supervisor to oversee their work. This supervision requirement was the biggest barrier …

Medicaid Coverage for ABA Therapy will be opening up this Fall! Read More »

You ca access our comments on the Access Challenges within Medicaid by downloading this PDF.

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) “Parity Act” Passed in 2008, MHPEA is a federal law that generally prevents group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits from imposing less favorable benefit limitations compared to medical/surgical benefits. It brought mental health and addiction treatments …

Mental Health Parity Law: What is it? Read More »

Mental health is health – period. “When someone gets the flu, or sprains an ankle, there’s no question about whether care is needed. If that person has health insurance, they can go to their doctor, or nearest urgent care or hospital. It’s often a commonplace, run-of-the-mill experience. You go in, you pay a copayment, you …

Making Mental Health Parity a Priority, a Blog post from Department of Labor Read More »