The Fall 2024 Newsletter contains all the benefits news that is fit to print, and yet there is more. Below are a few other important updates that did not get their own articles. As always, we encourage you to contact us if there is a topic that you would like to see covered in greater depth in the future.
- Final Rules Issued to Strengthen Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits: On September 9, 2024, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury published final rules to clarify and strengthen protections of mental health and substance use disorder benefits. The rules were issued pursuant to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. The new rules add additional protections against more restrictive, nonquantitative treatment limitations for mental health and substance use disorder benefits as compared to medical or surgical benefits.