,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #cj1 #bjbc,mr4  
,norcross 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 
,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,ms4 ,kuster1 ,mr4   
,trone1 and ,mr4 ,raskin7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for  
civil monetary penalties for violations 
of mental health parity requirements4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,parity ,enforcement ,act of    
#bjbc4  #b4 ,civil monetary penalties   
for parity violations  7a7 ,civil       
monetary penalties relating to parity in
 mental health and substance use        
disorders ,section #ejb7;c77#aj7 of the 
,employee ,retirement ,income ,security 
,act of #aigd 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4            
#aacb7;c77#aj77;,a77 is amended--  7#a7 
in the heading1 by striking use of      
genetic information and inserting use of
 genetic information and parity in      
mental health and substance use disorder

 benefits2 and  7#b7 in subparagraph    
7,a7--  7,a7 by striking any plan       
sponsor of a group health plan and      
inserting any plan sponsor or plan      
administrator of a group health plan2   
and  7,b7 by striking for any failure   
and all that follows through in         
connection with the plan4 and inserting 
for any failure by such sponsor1        
administrator1 or issuer1 in connection 
with the plan-- 7i7 to meet the         
requirements of subsection 7a77#a77;,f71
 7b77#c71 7c71 or 7d7 of section #gjb or
 section #gja or #gjb7;b77#a7 with      
respect to genetic information2 or  7ii7
 to meet the requirements of subsection 
7a7 of section #gab with respect to     
parity in mental health and substance   
use disorder benefits4  4  7b7          
,exception to the general prohibition on
 enforcement ,section #ejb of such ,act 
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aacb7 is amended--  7#a7
 in subsection 7a77#f71 by striking or  
7#i7 and inserting 7#i71 or 7#aj72 and  
7#b7 in subsection 7b77#c7--  7,a7 by   

striking subsections 7c77#i7 and 7a77#f7
 and inserting subsections 7c77#i71     
7c77#aj71 and 7a77#f72  7,b7 by striking
 under subsection 7c77#i77 and inserting
 under subsections 7c77#i7 and          
7c77#aj771 and except with respect to   
enforcement by the ,secretary of section
 #gab2 and  7,c7 by striking            
#gjf7;a77#a7 and inserting #gcc7;a77#a74
  7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments   
made by subsection 7a7 shall apply with 
respect to group health plans1 or any   
health insurance issuer offering health 
insurance coverage in connection with   
such plan1 for plan years beginning     
after the date that is #a year after the
 date of enactment of this ,act4