(a) The Mental Health Parity and Substance Abuse Accountability Office is established within the Department of Commerce to create and execute effective strategies for implementing the requirements under:
- (1) section 62Q.47;
- (2) the federal Mental Health Parity Act of 1996, Public Law 104-204;
- (3) the federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, Public Law 110-343, division C, sections 511 and 512;
- (4) the Affordable Care Act, as defined under section 62A.011, subdivision 1a; and
- (5) amendments made to, and federal guidance or regulations issued or adopted under, the acts listed under clauses (2) to (4).
- (b) The office may oversee compliance reviews, conduct and lead stakeholder engagement, review consumer and provider complaints, and serve as a resource for ensuring health plan compliance with mental health and substance abuse requirements.