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GAO-10-512R 1 (2010-03-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxag0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I im T I M Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-319417 March 17, 2010 The Honorable Tom Harkin Chairman The Honorable Michael B. Enzi Ranking Minority Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable George Miller Chairman The Honorable John Kline Ranking Minority Member Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Subject: Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service; Department of Labor, Employee Benefits SecurityAdministration; Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Interim Final Rules Under the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 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 the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service; Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration; Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (the Departments), entitled Interim Final Rules Under the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) (RINS: 1545-BJ05; 1210-AB30; 0938-AP65). We received the rule on March 3, 2010. It was published in the Federal Register as interim final rules with request for comments on February 2, 2010. 75 Fed. Reg. 5410. The interim final rule requires parity between mental health or substance use disorder benefits and medical/surgical benefits with respect to financial requirements and treatment limitations under group health plans and health insurance coverage offered in connection with a group health plan. These interim final regulations replace regulations implementing the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA 1996). The interim final rule also makes conforming changes to reflect modifications MHPAEA made to the original MHPA 1996 definitions and provisions GAO-10-512R

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