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DOL updates tool to determine insurance compliance with parity
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32580
Subject(s) - business , mental health , issuer , treasury , mandate , human services , compliance (psychology) , equity (law) , actuarial science , finance , medicine , political science , psychology , law , social psychology , psychiatry
In compliance with a congressional mandate under the 21st Century Cures Act, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL's) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has updated its tool to help ensure compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and related requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the National Association of State Mental Health Directors Weekly Update reported Oct. 30. The improved tool is intended to help group health plans, plan sponsors, plan administrators, health insurance issuers and other parties determine if a group health plan or a health insurance issuer complies with provisions of both laws relating to mental health and substance use disorder benefits. The DOL last updated the MHPAEA Self‐Compliance Tool in 2018. On June 19, 2020, in coordination with the Departments of Health and Human Services and the Treasury, EBSA proposed an updated 2020 MHPAEA Self‐Compliance Tool, along with a request for comments from stakeholders, and EBSA is now issuing the final 2020 MHPAEA Self‐Compliance Tool with modifications in response to these comments.