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Opportunities for Involvement
Legislative Advocacy
Briefing papers have been developed in six issue areas for the 2009 legislative session in partnership with the organizations who make up the Kansas Mental Health Coalition.
Mental Health Insurance Parity
A thorough study of the barriers to achieving parity in mental health benefits for those with private insurance coverage was completed in 2006 by a Task Force of the Governor’s Mental Health Services Planning Council. Click here to download a copy of the report.
A major obstacle to getting true parity in mental health benefits for those with private insurance is the lack of official complaint data at the Kansas Insurance Department (KID) from policy holders who have been denied adequate, appropriate, or timely treatment. NAMI Kansas encourages consumers and family members to make formal complaints through appropriate channels and we encourage providers to encourage their clients in this regard. Please consider sharing a copy of your complaint with NAMI Kansas so that we might better represent the needs of policy holders on this issue.”
To initiate a complaint with KID, you may click on the following link to the website at the Insurance Commissioner’s office: http://www.ksinsurance.org/consumers/complaint.htm
You may also put your concerns in writing and address them to the KID using the following contact information:
Kansas Insurance Department
Attn: Consumer Assistance
420 SW 9th Street
Topeka, KS 66612-1678
Phone: (785) 296-3071
KS Toll Free: 1 (800) 432-2484
TTY/TDD (877) 235-3151
www.ksinsurance.org
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