2022 MHPAEA Report to Congress

This document is about a report from the Department of Labor, Department of Health & Human Services, and Department of the Treasury on their efforts to enforce the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), provide consumer assistance, and recommendations to strengthen MHPAEA's consumer protections. The report details the Departments' increased enforcement activities, including issuing letters requesting comparative analyses from plans and issuers, identifying non-compliant practices, and securing corrective actions to improve access to mental health and substance use disorder coverage. The report also outlines the Departments' outreach and compliance assistance initiatives, as well as proposed statutory changes to enhance enforcement and ensure participants receive the benefits to which they are entitled.