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Mental Health Parity of Esteem Bill 2020
- Sponsor
- Mark Ward · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 8 Oct 2020
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Places duty on Health Minister to promote mental health parity of esteem with physical health across the health system.
- Requires all health organisations to meet parity obligations for mental health services and ensure efficient, timely access to treatment.
- Aims to address systemic neglect of mental health through policy, institutional and organisational changes at all governance levels.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil8 Oct 2020
- Second Stage33rd Dáil8 Oct 2020
Debates
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