Details of Public Law 116-260, section 203 , Strengthening Parity in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits

Group health plans are subject to various requirements under Subtitle K of the IRC, which were enacted by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

This provision requires certain group health plans to perform and document comparative analyses of the design and application of nonqualified treatment limitation requirements, imposed on medical and surgical benefits and on mental health or substance abuse disorder benefits, and to make such analyses available to certain state or federal agencies upon request.