A Georgia House member asked whether state reviewers independently verified care-management parity reports before saying no violations had been identified.
Questions about parity reviews
According to an August 10, 2026 letter from Rep. Marvin Lim, a member of the Georgia House Health Committee, the lawmaker has concerns about mental-health-parity reports submitted by Amerigroup, CareSource, and Peach State Health Plan. The letter was addressed to Dean Burke, M.D., commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health.
Rep. Lim wrote that the Department of Community Health had publicly stated that the reports identified no violations. He questioned whether that conclusion was supported by the information in the reports and whether the organizations’ submissions accurately reflected the standards they use.
Reported discrepancies
According to Rep. Lim’s letter, he reviewed what he described as concrete and visible discrepancies in the parity reports. The concerns cited in the letter include missing standards, undisclosed definitions, and definitions that do not match Georgia law.
The letter asks whether each care management organization identified and analyzed the standards it actually uses. It also asks whether the Department of Community Health independently reviewed the organizations’ submissions before telling the public that no parity violations had been identified.
Committee discussion
Rep. Lim wrote that he had previously raised mental-health-parity compliance during the House Health Committee’s June 30, 2026 meeting. According to the letter, his questions came while the committee was discussing rate reductions by care management organizations for behavioral services provided to children with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
The letter says he was told at that time that the Department of Community Health had found no violations. Rep. Lim’s August letter questions that finding in light of the reported discrepancies he says appear in the parity submissions.
Broader regulatory concerns
According to Rep. Lim, the questions extend beyond the parity reports to the Department of Community Health’s regulation of care management organizations more broadly. His letter points to recent rate reductions and notes that the department has stated its authority to prevent mid-contract reductions is limited.
The letter does not announce a new law, regulation, or enforcement action. It presents questions from a state lawmaker seeking information about the department’s review of parity materials and its oversight of care management organizations.
What this means for Georgia patients
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