Spotlight. 1  In the Spotlight: Marion County is focused on enhancing customer service. 2  In the Spotlight: Make a difference in Marion County with our team! 3  In the Spotlight: With community improvement in mind, the commission provided state legislators with our community's topics of interest and goals for this fiscal year.
Massachusetts state disability insurance is one entitlement program not available to workers as in other progressive states. Massachusetts does not have state mandated programs. Some workers who commute to work out of state to either New York or Rhode Island may be covered under those plans.
Many state laws require that some level of coverage be provided for mental illness, serious mental illness, substance abuse or a combination thereof. They are not considered full parity because they allow discrepancies in the level of benefits provided between mental illnesses and physical illnesses. State Insurance Mandates and the PPACA Essential Benefits Provisions-NCSL online review of state and federal actions affecting mandated benefits. 2  Updated January 2015. 3  Mental Health Parity and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 - published by CRS, December 28, 2011.