Employers sue to block mental health parity rule: 5 notes

Becker's Healthcare January 21, 2025
Rylee Wilson

A group representing large employers have sued to block new rules requiring enforcing tougher mental health requirements on insurers and employers.

The ERISA Industry Committee filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., Jan. 17.

Tom Christina, executive director of the committee’s legal center, said in a Jan. 17 statement that the group’s member employees offer mental health and substance use disorder benefits to employees, but think the regulation exceeds the authority of HHS and the departments of Labor and Treasury.

Here are five notes on the new rule and the legal challenge:

1. The rules, finalized by the Biden administration in September, bar insurers from implementing more restrictive prior authorizations on mental health and...

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