Federal Agencies Release Final MHPAEA Regulations: Navigating the Key Changes

Summary

The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) released their much-anticipated final rules implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA), including a fact sheet summarizing key takeaways, on September 9, 2024. The final rules amend existing provisions and introduce new requirements for nonquantitative treatment limitation (NQTL) comparative analyses as mandated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.