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Read. Follow. Verify.Parity Enforcement Act of 2024
Record date · December 12, 2024
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill expands legal liability for violations to include third-party service providers, such as pharmacy benefit managers and managed behavioral health organizations. It grants the Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority to assign percentages of liability among health plans, sponsors, and these service providers when mental health coverage requirements are not met.
If passed, this bill would hold third-party administrators and pharmacy benefit managers directly accountable for mental health coverage denials or inequities, potentially changing how these companies manage behavioral health benefits for millions of Americans covered by group health plans.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Pharmacy benefit managers
They are explicitly named as service providers who can be held liable for mental health parity violations.
Managed behavioral health organizations
They are explicitly named as service providers who can be held liable for mental health parity violations.
Group health plan sponsors
They face new potential liability for parity violations and may have liability shared with their service providers.
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Expansion of Liability to Third-Party Administrators
The bill represents a shift from holding only the health plan or issuer responsible for parity violations to including the service providers who actually manage the benefits.
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