Lexology May 13, 2022
President Biden recently revealed his $5.8 trillion budget for the 2023 fiscal year, which includes $14.6 in discretionary spending for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and mandatory funding. Much of this spending is devoted toward developing new policies to guarantee better health care coverage for mental health and substance abuse disorder treatment. The DOL also would have enhanced enforcement authority against those entities who unlawfully limited coverage for these conditions.
Federal laws requiring parity for mental health and substance abuse-related claims have existed for years. Group health insurance plans may not restrict those services any more stringently than medical and surgical services. The federal government has a limited ability to enforce parity law.
The federal government is only now...
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