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CALIFORNIA INSURANCE: Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rules Against Insurance Companies in Autism Treatment Case

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Chalfant ruled that Kaiser Permanente’s refusal to pay for a child’s autism treatment runs counter to California’s Mental Health Parity Act.

Judge Chalfant wrote in his October 20th ruling, “A refusal to pay for . . . services based on the fact that the provider is not licensed is inconsistent with the intent of parity”.

Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group based in Santa Monica, filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Managed Health Care in order to force the agency to apply the law when the refuse to pay for autism treatment.

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Bonnie Yates is an attorney with over 25 years of experience. In 1994, when her second child was diagnosed with autism, Ms. Yates focused her legal practice exclusively on special education to help her son obtain the educational services he needed. Ms. Yates and her team of lawyers have helped hundreds of children obtain vital educational services.

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