Department Issues Guiding Principles for Enforcing Mental Health Parity Requirements
September 9, 2026 | |
Department Issues Guiding Principles for Enforcing Mental Health Parity Requirements
The Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued a new Field Assistance Bulletin to provide additional information on how DOL will enforce the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) nonquantitative treatment limitation (NQTL) requirements. MHPAEA established that group health plans and health insurers generally cannot offer health coverage that contains more restrictive requirements on behavioral… (Marceno, September 9, 2026) #Coverage Decisions, #Insurance Coverage, #Mental and Behavioral Health