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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

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Biden’s Proposed FFY 2025 Budget Seeks Mental Health Access Expansion

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The Biden administration unveiled its FFY 2025 budget, which calls for $7.3 trillion in spending. In the proposed budget, Biden maintains his pledge to focus on expanding and transforming the nation’s mental health system. He...more

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A Current Roadmap for Complying with Mental Health Parity Requirement

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Most employers know that if a group health plan provides mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits in any of six specified classifications, the plan must provide MH/SUD benefits in all specified...more

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Mental Health Compliance Report Issued to Congress Spoiler Alert – Plans All Fail

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) requires group health plans and insurers to cover treatments for mental health and substance use disorders in a manner that is equitable to the...more

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The Mental Health Matters Act Advances in the House

As the nation continues to face a mental health crisis, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed H.R. 7780, the Mental Health Matters Act of 2022, advancing the bill to the U.S. Senate on a vote of 220-205. The bill...more

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Mental Health Parity Compliance Becomes New Once Again

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Since the passage of the original mental health parity requirements over two decades ago, mental health parity can be described as riding a porpoise as it dives in and out of the waters of compliance. However, with the...more

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