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In public assistance, providing for pain parity in Medicaid and for pain parity in commercial insurance.
An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for pain parity in Medicaid and for pain parity in commercial insurance.
Source: OpenStates · fetched February 24, 2026
Requires Medicaid to provide pain parity for services covered under the Medicaid program.
Low-income individuals who rely on Medicaid may experience improved access to pain management services due to pain parity requirements.
- Medicaid / public insurancedirectModerate impactHigh certainty
Requires Medicaid to provide pain parity for services covered under the Medicaid program.
“providing for pain parity in Medicaid”· public assistance
- Low-income / working-classindirectModerate impactMedium certainty
Low-income individuals who rely on Medicaid may experience improved access to pain management services due to pain parity requirements.
“providing for pain parity in Medicaid”· public assistance
- Amends the Human Services Code.
- Establishes pain parity requirements for services covered under Medicaid.
- Establishes pain parity requirements for services covered under commercial insurance.
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