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        <RIN>1210-AB30</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200910</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1210</CODE>
            <NAME>Employee Benefits Security Administration</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EBSA</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>1200</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Labor</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOL</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Pursuant to ERISA section 712, as amended by the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) (Pub. L. 110-343) enacted on October 8, 2008, the Department is developing regulatory guidance.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Undetermined</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>Not Yet Determined</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>29 USC 1185a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>10/08/2009</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>as per MHPAEA section 512(d)</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <RPLAN_INFO>
            <STMT_OF_NEED><![CDATA[In response to a Request for Information in April 2008, over 400 comment letters were received raising questions regarding compliance with the federal parity provisions.  This regulation is needed to provide clarifications to participants, beneficiaries, health care providers, employment-based health plans, health insurance issuers, third-party administrators, brokers, underwriters, and other plan service providers regarding such provisions.]]></STMT_OF_NEED>
            <LEGAL_BASIS><![CDATA[Section 505 of ERISA provides that the Secretary may prescribe such regulations as she finds necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of title I of the Act.  Section 734 of ERISA provides that the Secretary may prescribe regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of ERISA Part 7.  MHPAEA created new federal parity provisions in ERISA section 712 and provides, in section 512(d), that the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out the provisions of MHPAEA.]]></LEGAL_BASIS>
            <ALTERNATIVES><![CDATA[Alternatives will be considered following a determination of the scope and nature of the regulatory guidance needed by the public.]]></ALTERNATIVES>
            <COSTS_AND_BENEFITS><![CDATA[Preliminary estimates of the anticipated costs and benefits will be developed, as appropriate, following a determination regarding the alternatives to be considered.]]></COSTS_AND_BENEFITS>
        </RPLAN_INFO>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Request for Information</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/28/2009</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>74 FR 19155</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Request for Information Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/28/2009</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/00/2010</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <RIN>0938-AP65</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Related to</RIN_RELATION>
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            <RELATED_RIN>
                <RIN>1545-BI70</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Related to</RIN_RELATION>
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        </RELATED_RIN_LIST>
        <RELATED_AGENCY_LIST>
            <RELATED_AGENCY>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0938</CODE>
                    <NAME>Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>CMS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <AGENCY_RELATION>Joint</AGENCY_RELATION>
            </RELATED_AGENCY>
            <RELATED_AGENCY>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1545</CODE>
                    <NAME>Internal Revenue Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>IRS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <AGENCY_RELATION>Joint</AGENCY_RELATION>
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        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Amy</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Turner</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>J.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Director, Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1210</CODE>
                    <NAME>Employee Benefits Security Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>EBSA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 693-8335</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 219-1942</FAX>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Room N5677, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-5653,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20210</ZIP>
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