Third-party benefits administrators can be sued under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act for violating a federal law requiring equal coverage for mental health treatment, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
The circuit vacated the dismissal of a case brought by the New York State Psychiatric Association and an individual patient alleging that UnitedHealth Group, as claims administrator, ran afoul of both the act, known as ERISA, and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.
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