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

2022 Adopted Charges:

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

Monitor, report and analyze developments related to the federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici (MHPAEA) of 2008, 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.
Coordinate with and provide input to Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs (D) Committee groups, as necessary, regarding mental health parity market conduct examinations.

2021/2022 Adopted Charges from the Special (EX) Committee on Race and Insurance

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

Develop model educational material for state departments of insurance (DOIs) and research disparities in and interplay between mental health parity and access to culturally competent care for people of color and/or historically underrepresented groups.

Calendar

Public Conference Call
Thursday, August 05, 2021
2:00 PM ET, 1:00 PM CT, 12:00 PM MT, 11:00 AM PT
Expected Length of Call: 1 hr
Webex Link

Health care provider perspectives on mental health parity

Public Webex Meeting
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
8:00 AM ET, 7:00 AM CT, 6:00 AM MT, 5:00 AM PT
Expected Length of Call: 90 minutes
Webex Link

Hear Comments on Equity and Diversity in the MH/SUD Treatment Context

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

2020 U.S. Department of Labor Compliance Tool Preface: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/EBSA/laws-and-regulations/laws/mental-health-parity/self-compliance-tool-preface.pdf

2020 U.S. Department of Labor Compliance Tool: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/EBSA/laws-and-regulations/laws/mental-health-parity/self-compliance-tool.pdf

Compliance Assistance Resource Kit October 2020: MHP Resource Kit Oct 2020.pdf

U.S. Department of Labor Presentation on the 2020 Compliance Tool: MHP Self-Compliance Tool DOL PowerPoint Oct 2020.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.

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