The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration posted a document containing the interim final rules with request for comments for implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008. This Act 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. The regulation is effective on April 5, 2010, and applicable to plan years beginning on or after July 1, 2010.

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