Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) (B) Working Group

2020 Charges

The MHPAEA (B) Working Group will:

Monitor, report and analyze developments related to the federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA), and make recommendations regarding NAIC strategy and policy with respect to those developments.
Monitor, facilitate and coordinate best practices with the states, the DOL and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) related to the MHPAEA.
Monitor, facilitate and coordinate with the states and the DOL regarding compliance and enforcement efforts regarding the ACA that relate to MHPAEA.
Provide supplemental resources to support documentation and reporting in the MHPAEA chapter of the NAIC Market Regulation Handbook.

Calendar

Conference Call
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
11:30 AM ET, 10:30 AM CT, 9:30 AM MT, 8:30 AM PT
Expected Length of Call: 1 hr 30 mins

Discuss Comments Received on Draft QTL Template and Instructions.

Conference Call
Friday, June 05, 2020
3:30 PM ET, 2:30 PM CT, 1:30 PM MT, 12:30 PM PT
Expected Length of Call: 1 hr

Review Draft QTL Template and Instructions.

Conference Call
Monday, March 09, 2020
2:00 PM ET, 1:00 PM CT, 12:00 PM MT, 11:00 AM PT
Expected Length of Call: 1 hr

Organizational Call

Agenda

2020 Summer National Meeting
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (B) Working Group
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
Meeting Information

Agenda Revised July 24

Meeting Materials Revised July 27

Summary

JUNE 18 COMMENTS ON QTL TEMPLATE AND INSTRUCTIONS

RESOURCES

New Hampshire Reports: https://www.nh.gov/insurance/consumers/parity-examination-reports.htm

Massachusetts Attorney General's office MHPAEA agreements: https://www.mass.gov/lists/attorney-generals-office-behavioral-health-parity-agreements

Rhode Island Market Conduct Exams Reports for Behavioral Health Coverage: http://www.ohic.ri.gov/ohic-regulation-enforcing.php

U.S. Department of Labor Compliance Tool: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/EBSA/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/publications/compliance-assistance-guide-appendix-a-mhpaea.pdf

Milliman Report on Reimbursement as an NQTL: https://milliman-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/milliman/importedfiles/ektron/nqtl_guidelines_white_paper_10-07-19.ashx

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) 2020 Report to the U.S. Congress: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/EBSA/laws-and-regulations/laws/mental-health-parity/dol-report-to-congress-parity-partnerships-working-together.pdf

FY 2019 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Enforcement Fact Sheet, available at: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/EBSA/laws-and-regulations/laws/mental-health-parity/mhpaea-enforcement-2019.pdf

Appendix to FY 2019 MHPAEA Enforcement Fact Sheet, available at: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/EBSA/laws-and-regulations/laws/mental-health-parity/mhpaea-enforcement-2019-fact-sheet-appendix.pdf

Nebraska Department of Insurance Mental Health Parity Presentation Dec. 2019: Nebraska Parity Presentation

The Bowman Foundation Mental Health Parity Resources page: https://thebowmanfamilyfoundation.org/

The National Council for Behavioral Health page: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/standards-of-care/

The University of Washington Report on insurer coverage of behavioral health services: https://www.insurance.wa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/university-of-washington-behavorial-health-services-report.pdf

FOR REGULATORS ONLY: To access the Mental Health Parity guidance in the Market Regulation Handbook, use your Regulator-only credentials to log into myNAIC, then click on StateNet. Click on "Market Regulation Handbook, Handbook Updates and Reference Documents" link on the StateNet home page. Scroll down the page to see the examiner guidance document, available in both Word and PDF and the data collection tool document.

Related NAIC Publications

Draft meeting minutes are available free for meeting attendees 10 business days after a national meeting concludes, using the User ID and Password supplied by the NAIC. Regulators may access minutes via StateNet.
Final committee minutes and Proceedings of the NAIC are available to non–attendees, after adoption at the next national meeting, for free in the PDF format through the NAIC Products & Services website.

Contacts

Media Inquiries
(816) 783-8909
news@naic.org

Jolie Matthews
Senior Health and Life Policy Counsel
202-471-3982

Joe Touschner
Senior Health Policy Advisor
202-649-4989

Please see the current Committee List for a complete list of committee members.