Published by The Kennedy Forum
© 2018 Kennedy Forum
www.thekennedyforum.org
Electronic copies of this report are available at
ParityTrack.org/Anniversary
Authors:
Megan Douglas, JD
1
; Glenda Wrenn, MD, MSHP
1
; Samantha Bent-Weber, JD;
Lauren Tonti, JD, MPH; Garry Carneal, JD
2
; Torie Keeton
2
; Jessica Grillo, JD
2
;
Sharon Rachel, MA, MPH
1
; David Lloyd, MBA
2
; Eve Byrd, DNP, MPH
3
; Benjamin F. Miller, PsyD
4
;
Albert Lang
4
; Ron Manderscheid, PhD
5,6
; Joe Parks, MD
7
Author Affiliations:
1
Morehouse School of Medicine,
2
The Kennedy Forum,
3
The Carter Center,
4
Well Being Trust,
5
National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Directors,
6
National Association for Rural Mental Health,
7
National Council for Behavioral Health
Acknowledgements:
We would like to acknowledge and thank Joe Pyle, Tim Clement, and Amanda Mauri for their
initial conceptualization of this project and pilot application of the scoring methodology.
We also thank Kiana Burgin for data collection of state behavioral health statistics.
Funding Sources:
This work was funded with generous support from The Scattergood Foundation, The Kennedy
Forum, The Kennedy-Satcher Center for Mental Health Equity in the Satcher Health Leadership
Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, and The Carter Center and Well Being Trust.
Recommended Citation:
Douglas, M., Wrenn, G., Bent-Weber, S., Tonti, L., Carneal, G., Keeton, T., Grillo, J. Rachel, S., Lloyd,
D., Byrd, E., Miller, B., Lang, A., Manderscheid, R., Parks, J.
Evaluating State Mental Health and
Addiction Parity Laws: A Technical Report.
The Kennedy Forum; 2018.
Corresponding Author:
Megan Douglas, JD, mdouglas@msm.edu
