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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 957
5	5	To provide for civil monetary penalties for violations of mental health parity
6	6	requirements.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY4, 2025
9	9	Mr. N
10	10	ORCROSS(for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. POCAN,
11	11	and Mr. J
12	12	OHNSONof Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was
13	13	referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To provide for civil monetary penalties for violations of
16	16	mental health parity requirements.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Parity Enforcement 4
21	21	Act of 2025’’. 5
22	22	SEC. 2. CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR PARITY VIOLA-6
23	23	TIONS. 7
24	24	(a) C
25	25	IVILMONETARYPENALTIESRELATING TOPAR-8
26	26	ITY INMENTALHEALTH AND SUBSTANCEUSEDIS-9
27	27	ORDERS.—Section 502(c)(10) of the Employee Retirement 10
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30	30	•HR 957 IH
31	31	Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(10)(A)) 1
32	32	is amended— 2
33	33	(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘
34	34	USE OF GE-3
35	35	NETIC INFORMATION ’’ and inserting ‘‘USE OF GE-4
36	36	NETIC INFORMATION AND PARITY IN MENTAL 5
37	37	HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER BENE -6
38	38	FITS’’; and 7
39	39	(2) in subparagraph (A)— 8
40	40	(A) by striking ‘‘any plan sponsor of a 9
41	41	group health plan’’ and inserting ‘‘any plan 10
42	42	sponsor, service provider, or plan administrator 11
43	43	of a group health plan’’; and 12
44	44	(B) by striking ‘‘for any failure’’ and all 13
45	45	that follows through ‘‘in connection with the 14
46	46	plan.’’ and inserting ‘‘for any failure by such 15
47	47	sponsor, service provider, administrator, or 16
48	48	issuer, in connection with the plan— 17
49	49	‘‘(i) to meet the requirements of sub-18
50	50	section (a)(1)(F), (b)(3), (c), or (d) of sec-19
51	51	tion 702 or section 701 or 702(b)(1) with 20
52	52	respect to genetic information; or 21
53	53	‘‘(ii) to meet the requirements of sub-22
54	54	section (a) of section 712 with respect to 23
55	55	parity in mental health and substance use 24
56	56	disorder benefits.’’. 25
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60	60	(b) EXCEPTION TO THE GENERALPROHIBITION ON 1
61	61	E
62	62	NFORCEMENT.—Section 502 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2
63	63	1132) is amended— 3
64	64	(1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ‘‘or (9)’’ 4
65	65	and inserting ‘‘(9), or (10)’’; and 5
66	66	(2) in subsection (b)(3)— 6
67	67	(A) by striking ‘‘subsections (c)(9) and 7
68	68	(a)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (c)(9), 8
69	69	(c)(10), and (a)(6)’’; and 9
70	70	(B) by striking ‘‘under subsection (c)(9))’’ 10
71	71	and inserting ‘‘under subsections (c)(9) and 11
72	72	(c)(10)), and except with respect to enforce-12
73	73	ment by the Secretary of section 712’’. 13
74	74	(c) E
75	75	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 14
76	76	subsection (a) shall apply with respect to group health 15
77	77	plans, or any health insurance issuer offering health insur-16
78	78	ance coverage in connection with such plan, for plan years 17
79	79	beginning after the date that is 1 year after the date of 18
80	80	enactment of this Act. 19
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