DOL Warns Plans to Maintain Mental Health Parity Compliance Despite Non-Enforcement Posture
The Department of Labor, HHS, and Treasury have adopted a non-enforcement posture for the final Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act regulations published in fall 2024, but are warning employers and health plans that compliance remains expected. The guidance signals that while the agencies are not actively enforcing the 2024 final rule, they continue to monitor mental health parity compliance more broadly. This creates compliance uncertainty for Medicaid managed care plans and other health plans that must determine which parity requirements remain enforceable and how to demonstrate compliance without clear enforcement standards.
Medicaid MCOs must navigate unclear enforcement expectations for mental health parity requirements while maintaining compliance programs that could face retrospective scrutiny if the regulatory posture changes.
Behavioral Health · Managed Care
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