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Epstein Becker & Green

Hot Topics in Employee Benefits: A Primer for In-House Lawyers

“ERISA, you’ll need a lawyer for that.” Our practice group’s tagline is meant to be a shorthand for the alphabet soup of laws that apply to employee benefits, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)....more

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The Parity Paradox: MHPAEA Compliance for Employers and Insurers During the 2024 Enforcement Pause

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The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury have announced that they will pause enforcement of the 2024 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Final Rule (the “2024 Final Rule”) for...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

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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

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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

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

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

US District Court Grants Freeze on Mental Health Parity Enforcement

The US Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (together, the Departments) filed a motion to suspend the litigation proceedings in The ERISA Industry Committee vs. HHS et al. on May 9, 2025 while the...more

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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

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Mental Health Parity Compliance: What Steps Should an Employer Take Next?

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) and its implementing rules require group health plans to ensure that financial requirements (e.g., co-pays, deductibles, and coinsurance), quantitative treatment...more

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New Health and Safety Action Required for Brazil Employers – Psychosocial Risks

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New Regulatory Requirements - Companies with employees in Brazil have until May 26, 2025, to revise their Brazil Risk Management Program (PGR) to include psychosocial risks....more

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Employer Group Sues to Block Mental Health Parity Rules

Only weeks after the principal effective date for the final 2024 federal mental health parity rules for employer-sponsored health benefit plans, those rules—and specifically some key features that are frustrating...more

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Federal Lawsuit and Tri-Agency Report Shake Up Mental Health Parity

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On January 17, 2025, the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services (the “Agencies”) released its annual report to Congress assessing compliance with statutory mental health parity requirements under...more

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Employee Benefit Plans: Important Considerations for Year-End and 2025

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For calendar-year plans, the 2025 plan year is right around the corner. And even for non-calendar-year plans, January 1, 2025, is a key implementation date for certain plan features. This is the ideal time for plan sponsors...more

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Consolidated Appropriations Act Underscores Mental Health Parity Compliance

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021, enacted late in 2020, imposes a new requirement on group health plans to ensure compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). Unlike many of the...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

Mental Health Parity Transparence: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

As we addressed in our recent LawFlash covering the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Act), the Act includes several requirements to enhance group health plan transparency. One provision we wanted to further highlight...more

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