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DOL/EBSA | RIN: 1210-AA62 | Publication ID: Spring 2003 |
Title: Mental Health Benefits Parity | |
Abstract: The Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) was enacted on September 26, 1996 (Pub. L. 104-204). MHPA amended the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended, to provide for parity in the application of certain mental health benefits with limits on medical surgical benefits. These changes were subsequently added to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). MHPA provisions are set forth in chapter 100 of subtitle K of the Code, title XXVII of the PHS Act, and part 7 of subtitle B of title I of ERISA. On December 2, 2002, President Bush signed H.R. 5716 (Pub. L. 107-313), the Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2002. This legislation amended ERISA and the PHS Act to further extend MHPA's original sunset date to December 31, 2003 (the Code provisions already contained a sunset date of December 31, 2003). As a result of this statutory amendment, and to assist employers, plan sponsors, health insurance issuers, and workers, the Department of Labor has amended the interim final regulations, in consultation with the Departments of the Treasury and Health and Human Services, conforming the regulatory sunset date to the new statutory sunset date. | |
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: Undetermined | Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined |
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2590 | |
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1135 29 USC 1182 29 USC 1194 PL 104-204, 110 Stat. 2944 |
Legal Deadline:
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Additional Information: LEGAL AUTHORITIES CONT: secs 107, 209, 505, 701 to 703, 711, 712. | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Federalism: No | |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
Agency Contact: Mark Connor Deputy Director, Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration Room C5331, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-5653, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-8335 Fax:202 219-1942 |