The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea seeking direction to all Insurance companies to provide medical insurance for treatment of mental illness and on the same basis as is available for the treatment of physical illness.<\/p>\n
A bench comprising Justice Rohonton Fali Nariman, Justice Navin Sinha and Justice BR Gavai was hearing a petition filed by Advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal seeking implementation of Section 21(4) of Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.<\/p>\n
Section 21 (4) of the Act provides that \u201cevery insurer shall make provision for medical insurance for treatment of mental illness on the same basis as is available for treatment of physical illness.\u201d<\/p>\n
The grievance of the petitioner is that after the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) of India issued a letter on August 16, 2018 wherein the General Manager (Health) directed all the insurance companies to comply with Section 21 (4) of the Mental Healthcare Act, however, subsequent to the issuance of the letter, the IRDA has neither done a follow-up nor has taken any action against the defaulting insurance companies.<\/p>\n
The petitioner has also pointed out that through an RTI dated 06.02.2019, the petitioner was informed that till date none of the insurers have implemented the order dater August 16, 2018 issued by IRDA.<\/p>\n
The petitioner has further submitted that because of the inaction of IRDA, thousands of persons who are in dire need of health insurance scheme have been deprived of taking benefit of Health Insurance Scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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