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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2848
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to strength-
en parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 2019
Mr. NORCROSS (for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, and Ms. KUSTER of New Hamp-
shire) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 to strengthen parity in mental health and sub-
stance use disorder benefits, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Parity Enforcement
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Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY FOR
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MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DIS-
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ORDER BENEFITS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 502(c)(10)(A) of the Em-
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ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29
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U.S.C. 1132(c)(10)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘for any
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failure’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in connection with
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the plan’’ and inserting ‘‘for any failure by such sponsor
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or issuer, in connection with the plan—
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‘‘(i) to meet the requirements of sub-
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section (a)(1)(F), (b)(3), (c), or (d) of sec-
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tion 702 or section 701 or 702(b)(1) with
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respect to genetic information; or
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‘‘(ii) to meet the requirements of sub-
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section (a) of section 712 with respect to
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parity in mental health and substance use
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disorder benefits.’’.
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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Section 502 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1132) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ‘‘or (9)’’
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and inserting ‘‘(9), or (10)’’;
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(2) in subsection (b)(3)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘subsections (c)(9) and
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(a)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (c)(9),
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(c)(10), and (a)(6)’’;
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(B) by striking ‘‘under subsection (c)(9)’’
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and inserting ‘‘under subsections (c)(9) and
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(c)(10)’’; and
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(C) by striking ‘‘706(a)(1)’’ and inserting
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‘‘733(a)(1)’’; and
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(3) in subsection (c)(10) in the heading, by
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striking ‘‘use of genetic information’’ and inserting
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‘‘use of genetic information and parity in mental
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health and substance use disorder benefits’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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subsection (a) shall apply with respect to group health
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plans for plan years beginning after the date that is 1
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year after the date of enactment of this Act.
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