Departments of Labor, HHS, Treasury: Report to Congress on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

Departments of Labor, HHS, Treasury: Report to Congress on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

The Departments of Labor, HHS, and Treasury issued the 2024 Report to Congress on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act enforcement and implementation, which highlighted the ongoing efforts of the Departments to strengthen and enforce the protections of MHPAEA. Most notably for telehealth, the Departments will review access to telehealth for mental health and substance use disorder care. The ERISA Industry Committee filed a lawsuit against the Departments on MHPAEA, arguing the rule oversteps in its requirement for health plans to cover mental health and addiction care on par with other medical care. We likely expect the Trump Administration to act and lessen the impact of parity requirements.