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Husch Blackwell LLP

MHPAEA July 2025 Update: What Employers and Plans Need to Know about Federal Non-Enforcement

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) was enacted to ensure that group health plans and health insurance issuers offering mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits do not impose...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

President Trump’s Budget Goes To Work Against Enforcement Agencies with Significant Cuts to DOL and NLRB

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President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 includes substantial reductions to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) budget and staff.  The proposed discretionary budget is slashed from $13.5 billion to $9...more

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Limited Mental Health Parity Relief for Plan Sponsors

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On January 17, 2025, the ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit asking the court to hold various key provisions under the 2024 Mental Health Parity Addiction Equity Act...more

Fisher Phillips

Knowledge Is POWER: Here’s How Philadelphia Businesses Can Comply With The City’s New Employment Protections

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Philadelphia employers now face more investigations and stiffer punishment under a new law the mayor approved last week. The POWER Act, signed on May 27 and taking effect immediately, adds sweeping worker protections...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems… But Nonenforcement Policy Doesn’t Make Mental Health Parity Compliance Optional

The Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) recently announced a nonenforcement policy with respect to the 2024 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) regulations or...more

Stoel Rives - Health Law Insider®

In Case You Missed It: Federal Agencies Pause Enforcement of the 2024 MHPAEA Final Rule; Prior Regulations and Comparative...

On May 15, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (“the Departments”) released a statement announcing a temporary non-enforcement period regarding their final rule issued on September 9,...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Departments Pause Enforcement of MHPAEA Final Rule and Reconsider MHPAEA Enforcement Program

In a widely anticipated and welcome move, the Departments of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), the Treasury, and Labor (“DOL”) (collectively, the “Departments”), sought an abeyance of a lawsuit challenging the Mental Health...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Administration Grants Welcome Reprieve From Certain NQTL Requirements

Administration Grants Welcome Reprieve From Certain NQTL Requirements - Earlier this month, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury (the “Departments”) announced that for the foreseeable future...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Delayed Enforcement of Mental Health Parity NQTL Comparative Analysis Final Regulations

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Under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021, group health plans and health insurance issuers must conduct comparative analyses to show that...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Compliance Still Required During Non-Enforcement of 2024 Mental Health Parity Rule

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Last week, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”)  issued a nonenforcement policy regarding the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA)  final regulations,...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Enforcement of Mental Health Parity Regulations Suspended: Takeaways for Plan Sponsors and Health Insurance Issuers

In January 2025, The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) filed a complaint against the US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the departments) seeking to invalidate the 2024 final regulations under...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Mental Health Parity Alert - Non-Enforcement of Final Rules

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), and its implementing regulations and guidance, prohibits health insurance policies and group health plans that cover mental health and substance use disorder...more

Polsinelli

Pressing Pause: Federal Agencies Halt Enforcement of Mental Health Parity Rule

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On May 15, 2025, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury (the Departments) announced a non-enforcement policy regarding the final rule issued in September 2024 under the Mental Health Parity and...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Departments Will Not Enforce 2024 Final Rule under MHPAEA

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The Trump Administration has just announced that it will pause enforcement of the September 2024 final rule (“Final Rule”) under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”)....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

UPDATE – Departments issue nonenforcement policy statement!

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On May 15, 2025, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services issued their anticipated nonenforcement policy regarding the 2024 Mental Health Parity regulations. As expected, nonenforcement is applicable...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

Departments Press Pause on Final Mental Health Parity Regulations

Yesterday, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services announced a non-enforcement policy with respect to final regulations issued under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

Mental Health Parity Non-Enforcement Statement Released

The US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the Departments) announced their non-enforcement policy on May 15, 2025, indicating they will not enforce any new requirements imposed by the...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

A Bit of Mental Health Parity Relief for Employers Sponsoring Group Health Plans

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The Department of Labor (DOL), together with the Departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services) have decided to suspend enforcement of certain provisions of the nonquantitative treatment limitations (NQTL) final...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Federal Regulators Announce Non-Enforcement of the 2024 Rule for Mental Health Parity

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On May 9, 2025, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (collectively, “the Departments”) asked the D.C. federal court to suspend litigation while they consider whether to rescind or modify the 2024...more

Maynard Nexsen

Recent Litigation Emphasizes the Importance of Using Correct COBRA Notices

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In Marrow v. E.R. Carpenter Co., Inc., a former employee filed a proposed class action lawsuit against her employer, claiming that the company’s group health plan failed to provide a proper COBRA election notice. The employee...more

Dickinson Wright

Federal Enforcement of Mental Health Parity: Key Updates and Challenges Ahead

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On January 17, 2025, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (“the Departments”) issued their 2024 Report to Congress on the enforcement and implementation of the Mental Health Parity and...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Challenges in Enforcing Mental Health Parity: EBSA’s Struggle to Ensure Compliance

A recent audit conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) has uncovered significant challenges encountered by the Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) in ensuring compliance...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Correcting Liquidity, Valuation, or Transfer Problems With OTC-Traded Stocks in Retirement Plans to Minimize Enforcement and...

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Over 8,000 stocks trade on American stock exchanges, but billions of dollars in daily trades in these listed stocks and 12,000 more unlisted (non-exchange-traded) stocks occur outside of an exchange in Over-The-Counter...more

Berkshire

Michael Schloss named acting director of OFCCP

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According to various sources, the Department of Labor (DOL) has named Michael Schloss as the new acting director and deputy director of policy for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Schloss served in...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Things I Worry About (7): DOL Investigations and Unsuspecting Plan Sponsors

The DOL’s EBSA has a number of programs that can restore benefits to plans and participants. Those include: - Civil investigations. - Criminal investigations. - Informal compliant resolutions. - Correction programs. ...more

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