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            <NAME>Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services</NAME>
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<p>This rule would propose amendments to the final rules implementing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. The amendments would clarify plans&rsquo; and issuers&rsquo; obligations under the law, promote compliance with MHPAEA, and update requirements taking into account experience with MHPAEA in the years since the rules were finalized as well as amendments to the law recently enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.</p>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 116-260, Division BB, title II</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 110-343, secs. 511 to 512</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                    <NAME>Employee Benefits Security Administration</NAME>
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                    <CODE>1545</CODE>
                    <NAME>Internal Revenue Service</NAME>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Lindsey</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Murtagh</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Director, Division of Regulations and Policy</TITLE>
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                    <NAME>Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services</NAME>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, 7500 Security Boulevard,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Baltimore</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>21244</ZIP>
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