It’s been nearly 10 years since Congress put in place a law that bars health insurers from putting certain limitations on coverage for mental health issues. That law is enforced by the Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the agency is seeing a rise in violations by insurers.
New data from EBSA indicates the agency in 2017 investigated 187 plans subject to the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. That law prevents group health plans and insurers that provide mental health and substance abuse disorder coverage from treating those benefits differently ...