2019 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers
Section 52:14-17.29d - Definitions relative to mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
52:14-17.29d Definitions relative to mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
1. As used in this act:
"Carrier" means an insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or health maintenance organization authorized to issue health benefits plans in this State.
"Mental health condition" means a condition defined to be consistent with generally recognized independent standards of current medical practice referenced in the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
"Same terms and conditions" means that a carrier cannot apply more restrictive non-quantitative limitations, such as utilization review and other criteria or more quantitative limitations such as copayments, deductibles, aggregate or annual limits or benefit limits to mental health condition and substance use disorder benefits than those applied to substantially all other medical or surgical benefits.
"Substance use disorder" means a disorder defined to be consistent with generally recognized independent standards of current medical practice referenced in the most current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
L.1999, c.441, s.1; amended 2019, c.58, s.9.
