Chapter 1
What is True?
True or False: Prior to ACA, it was mandatory for employers (in organizations employing more than 50 people) to provide behavioral health care.
True or False: Mental Health America’s policy statement focuses on goals exclusively for state action.
What is False?
This is the ratio of specialty service providers per individual in the United States.
A. 1 in 125
B. 1 in 259
C. 1 in 529
What is (C) 1 in 529?
The entity/entities financing Medicaid
A. State Government
B. Federal Government
C. State and Federal Government
What is (C) State and Federal Government?
True or False: Policies have the power to influence social determinants of health, for better or worse.
What is True?
This act removed lifetime mandates on behavioral health services
A. (MHP) Mental Health Parity Act of 1996
B. (ACA) Affordable Care Act
C. (MHPAEA) Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act
What is the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996?
This act includes the formation of interdepartmental committee to assess the advances in treatment, prevention, diagnosis and recovery of serious mental illness?
A. 21st Century Cures Act
B. Mental Health Parity Act
C. Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act
What is (A) 21st Century Cures Act?
Which of the following indicates that it is necessary to further expand coverage for mental and behavioral health care?
A. The majority of youth with severe depression currently receive sufficient treatment
B. Over 50% of adults with mental illness did not receive treatment in 2017
C. There are enough mental health professionals available to meet present demands
What is (B) Over 50% of adults with mental illness did not receive treatment in 2017?