Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Threatens Decades of Progress in Access to Mental Health Care

MedCity News September 8, 2024
Jason Hallock

The ruling, which limits federal agencies’ power to interpret ambiguous laws, now leaves crucial legislation like the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act vulnerable to court challenges, potentially unraveling years of hard-won progress.

The recent Supreme Court decision to overturn the Chevron doctrine has cast a shadow over decades of progress towards mental health parity in the United States. The ruling, which limits federal agencies’ power to interpret ambiguous laws, now leaves crucial legislation like the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) vulnerable to court challenges, potentially unraveling years of hard-won progress.

The first serious attempt to establish mental health parity with hospital care came in 1996 with the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA). The groundbreaking federal...

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