REA v. BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA

No. B244314.

226 Cal.App.4th 1209 (2014)

172 Cal. Rptr. 3d 823

MARISSA REA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

June 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kantor & Kantor, Lisa S. Kantor , J. David Oswalt and Elizabeth K. Green for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Law Offices of Daniel H. Willick and Daniel H. Willick for Honorable Helen MacLeod Thomson and California Psychiatric Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Disability Rights California, Melinda Bird , Connie Huang Chu ; Western Center on Law and Poverty, Richard A. Rothschild and Mona Tawatao for Mental Health America of California, Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc., Alliance of California Autism Organizations, Autism Deserves Equal Coverage, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., Disability Rights Legal Center and National Health Law Programs as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

California Department of Insurance, Adam M. Cole and Teresa R. Campbell for California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Law Offices of Russell G. Petti and Russell G. Petti for International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, Eating Disorder Coalition, Binge Eating Disorder Association and Residential Eating Disorder Coalition as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Gregory N. Pimstone , Adam Pines and Joanna S. McCallum for Defendant and Respondent.

Crowell & Moring, William A. Helvestine and David D. Johnson for California Association of Health Plans as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

In 1999, the Legislature enacted the California Mental Health Parity Act (Health & Saf. Code, § 1374.72)1 (Parity Act) to address the imbalance between medical coverage for physical illnesses and mental illnesses. The Parity Act mandated that every health care service plan contract "provide coverage for the diagnosis and...

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