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GAO-16-577R 1 (2016-04-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadscw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-327960 April 14, 2016 The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch Chairman The Honorable Ron Wyden Ranking Member Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable Fred Upton Chairman The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs; Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; the Application of Mental Health Parity Requirements to Coverage Offered by Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Alternative Benefit Plans Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) entitled 'Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs; Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; the Application of Mental Health Parity Requirements to Coverage Offered by Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Alternative Benefit Plans (RIN: 0938-AS24). We received the rule on March 29, 2016. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on March 30, 2016. 81 Fed. Reg. 18,390. The final rule implements certain mental health parity requirements as applied to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Specifically, this final rule implements requirements of the Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 20081 to: (1) Medicaid managed care organizations; (2) Medicaid benchmark and benchmark-equivalent plans; and (3) the Children's Health Insurance Program. Enclosed is our assessment of CMS's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801 (a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review of the procedural steps taken indicates that CMS complied with the applicable requirements. 1 Pub. L. No. 110-343, §§ 511-512, 122 Stat. 3765, 3881-3893 (Oct. 3, 2008). GAO-16-577R

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