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| Home About | Timothy's Law is LAW! The Timothy’s Law coalition is now working on legislation to include PTSD in Timothy’s Law. For more information on this issue and the legislation see:
Timothy's Law is named after Timothy O'Clair, a Schenectady boy who completed suicide in 2001, seven weeks prior to his 13th birthday. His suicide was attributed to the discrimination that he faced at the hands of his parent's insurance company, discrimination that exists throughout every private insurance plan in New York State. In order to help prevent other families from having to live through this scenario, the O'Clair family has taken on a personal crusade to change the laws as they relate to the provision of mental health and substance abuse services in private insurance plans throughout New York. This extremely courageous and selfless act has resulted in what we now know as Timothy's Law, which prevents discrimination by prohibiting insurance companies from limiting coverage for mental illness (The law currently does not cover substance abuse disorders). Many
thanks to Chris O'Clair, Timothy's brother, for creating and maintaining
the original Timothy's Law website, and to Kilakwa Associates
for their generous donation to make this site possible. Please
contact the webmaster
at infocenter@mhanys.org with any questions or comments about
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