IRDAI asks insurance firms to make provision to cover mental illness with immediate effect

|Aug 18, 2018, 12:17:30 IST

Hyderabad: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has directed all the insurance companies to make a provision to cover mental illness also in insurance policies."Reference is drawn to the Mental Healthcare Act,2017 which has come into force w.e.f 29.5.2018. As per Sec 21(4) of the said Act, every insurer shall make provision for medical insurance for treatment of mental illness on the same basis as is available for treatment of physical illness.All insurance companies are hereby directed to comply with the aforesaid provisions of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 with immediate effect, IRDAI said in its orders issued on 16 August.[caption id="attachment_4311453" align="alignleft" width="380"] Representative image. Reuters[/caption]According to the Mental Healthcare Act-2017, every person with mental illness shall be treated as equal to persons with physical illness in the provision of all healthcare.The Act further says that every insurer shall make provision for medical insurance for treatment of mental illness on the same basis as is available for treatment of physical illness.

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