The proposed rule would reinforce 2008’s Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act by requiring insurance providers to update health plans “to make sure people have equivalent access between their mental health and medical benefits,” according to an administration fact sheet shared with CNN ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, “For the many families out there who are paying out of pocket to pay for the care their loved ones need, even when they have health insurance, help is on the way,” White...
Enforcement of the rule will fall to the departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services, an administration official said. “One of the major things this rule is doing is making it much easier to enforce when health plans are violating the standards of the rule,” the official told reporters ahead of the announcement.