Opportunities to Promote Children's Behavioral Health: Health Care Reform and Beyond: Workshop Summary

by Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Forum on Promoting Children's Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Health, Institute of Medicine, et al.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law in 2010, has several provisions that could greatly improve the behavioral health of children and adolescents in the United States. It requires that many insurance plans cover mental health and substance use disorder services, rehabilitative services to help support people with behavioral health challenges, and preventive services like behavioral assessments for children...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309377749
• ISBN13: 9780309377744
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"