The real parity story is limbo, not a deadline: the 2024 Biden-era MHPAEA final rule has been NON-ENFORCED since May 2025, and the administration announced (04-01) it will propose a REPLACEMENT rule — 'by end of year' target (thin, single-source). No payer compliance deadline currently exists. Track: the NPRM actually publishing, the enforcement-gap consequences payers price in meanwhile, and any state-level parity action filling the federal void.
