Through this SPA, Alabama implements mental health parity requirements in section 2103(c)(6) of the Social Security Act (the Act) and regulations at 42 CFR 457.496 to ensure that financial requirements and treatment limitations applied to mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) benefits are no more restrictive than those applied to medical/surgical (M/S) benefits.
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