Blog Archive 2013

Olympia - WA - On Oct. 22nd, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler held a 2-hour hearing on the implementation of Washington's long-passed mental health parity law (2005).  As most of our members can attest, there has been a refusal by many insurers to abide by the parity laws (i.e., refusal to cover autism and almost all DSM […]

The Insurance Commissioner is holding a very important hearing on how the mental health parity law has failed to be implemented by insurers over the past four years. This is our BEST CHANCE to request OIC to write rules that will require insurance companies to give clinicians the right to determine the frequency and length […]

Use of Seclusion Room Violates Constitutional Rights Case Summary and Analysis: Payne v. Peninsula School District   Robin Pick, Esq., COPAA Legal Analyst A district court in the 9th Circuit just issued a well reasoned, child friendly decision in a seclusion case. In Payne v Peninsula School District, LEXIS 124812 (D. Wash. August 30, 2013), the court […]

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