# Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs; Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; the Application of Mental Health Parity Requirements to Coverage Offered by Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Alternative Benefit Plans
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2016-03-30 · Effective 2016-05-31 · 81 FR 18390
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-06876
- **Category:** medicaid
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 18390
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 438
- **Publication date:** 2016-03-30
- **Effective date:** 2016-05-31
- **HHS docket:** CMS-2333-F
## Abstract

This final rule will address the application of certain requirements set forth in the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, to coverage offered by Medicaid managed care organizations, Medicaid Alternative Benefit Plans, and Children's Health Insurance Programs.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/03/30/2016-06876/medicaid-and-childrens-health-insurance-programs-mental-health-parity-and-addiction-equity-act-of)
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