The long-awaited Final Rules amending the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) were released on September 9, 2024, with the bulk of the requirements going into effect on January 1, 2025. As we previously reported here, in August 2023, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and Treasury (together, the “Departments”) … Continue Reading
On July 25, 2023, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the “Departments”) proposed rules designed to strengthen the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act’s (“MHPAEA”) goal of ensuring people seeking treatment for mental health and substance use disorders (“MH/SUD”) face no greater barriers to accessing care than those seeking … Continue Reading
