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Employers and health plans that cover mental health and substance use benefits must meet certain requirements to ensure this care is as easily accessible as other types of medical care under a set of final rules issued by the Biden administration on Sept. 9.
The rules clarify responsibilities under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), a 2008 law that requires group health plans and health insurance issuers offering mental health or substance use disorder benefits to do so “in parity with medical and surgical benefits, without imposing greater restrictions on mental health or substance use disorder benefits as