AN INITIATIVE OF BUILD BETTER HEALTH
Mental Health Insurance Reform Task Force
Strategic enforcement · Collective pressure · Structural reform
A national, provider-led coalition coordinating state and federal strategy around two equal pillars: enforcing mental health parity laws and fair reimbursement, and confronting the consolidation that lets insurers and platforms own the networks, the data, and the rules. We build collective power to reshape who controls behavioral health and return that power to providers and the communities they serve. Membership spans all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
What We Do
Legislation and Enforcement
Strategic focus on non-enforcement of parity violations. We track bills, analyze enforcement gaps, and support legislative advocacy at state and federal levels.
Provider Tools
Accessible complaint templates, grievance guides, and practical resources for providers navigating denials, clawbacks, and credentialing barriers.
Community Mobilization
Monthly national meetings, state roundtables, and ongoing virtual gatherings where providers share experiences and build collective strategy.
Education and Research
Policy analysis, public education, and documentation of systemic patterns so providers, clients, and communities can understand and challenge the systems affecting their access to care.
What appears on paper as billing and administrative policy often operates in practice as a system of access restriction. MHIRTF exists to challenge those conditions directly.
Join a Subcommittee
Education Subcommittee
Build clarity and power through shared knowledge.
Write or review advocacy materials
Translate policy into accessible tools
Help co-lead trainings
Legal Subcommittee
Help shape legislation that protects care, not corporate profit.
Track bills and enforcement gaps
Co-write draft legislation
Monitor litigation and enforcement trends
Pressure agencies to enforce parity
Innovation Subcommittee
Design what does not exist yet.
Explore cooperative care models
Connect with providers testing alternatives
Co-create ethical care infrastructure
Ready to Get Involved?
Join MHIRTF, attend a meeting, join a subcommittee, or become a state lead. Every role matters.