New York’s Strict Requirements for Insurers’ Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Compliance and Oversight Programs May Serve as a Blueprint for Other States

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) and related state parity laws are some of the most complex and sweeping regulations ever imposed on the health insurance and managed care industry. Although MHPAEA was enacted in 2008 and many states have mental health and substance use disorder (“MH/SUD”) parity laws that are at least that old, federal and state enforcement efforts have ramped up significantly in recent years, especially through the implementation of increasingly...
By: Epstein Becker & Green

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