,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #h1 #bjba ,mr4 
,crdenas 7for himself and ,mr4          
,fitzpatrick7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health   
,service ,act to provide grant funding  
to ,states for mental health and        
substance use disorder parity           
implementation4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,parity        
,implementation ,assistance ,act4  #b4  
,grants to support mental health and    
substance use disorder parity           
implementation  7a7 ,in general ,section
 #bgid7;c7 of the ,public ,health       
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#cjj;gg-#id7;c77 7as added by section   
#ajjc of the ,patient ,protection and   
,affordable ,care ,act 7,public ,law    
#aaa-adh77 is amended by adding at the  
end the following3  7#c7 ,parity        
implementation  7,a7 ,in general        

,beginning #fj days after the date of   
enactment of the ,parity ,implementation
 ,assistance ,act1 the ,secretary shall 
award grants to ,states to implement the
 mental health and substance use        
disorder parity provisions of section   
#bgbf1 provided that in order to receive
 such a grant1 a ,state is required to  
request and review from health insurance
 issuers offering group or individual   
health insurance coverage the           
comparative analyses and other          
information required of such health     
insurance issuers under subsection      
7a77#h77;,a7 of such section #bgbf      
regarding the design and application of 
nonquantitative treatment limitations   
imposed on mental health or substance   
use disorder benefits4  7,b7            
,authorization of appropriations ,for   
purposes of awarding grants under       
subparagraph 7,a71 there are authorized 
to be appropriated #be1jjj1jjj for each 
of the first five fiscal years beginning
 after the date of the enactment of this

 paragraph4  4  7b7 ,technical amendment
 ,section #bgid of the ,public ,health  
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#cjj;gg-#ie71 as added by section #ffjc 
of the ,patient ,protection and         
,affordable ,care ,act 7,public ,law    
#aaa-adh7 is redesignated as section    
#bgie4