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Mental Health Parity Enforcement and Funding Act
To provide for civil monetary penalties for violations of mental health parity requirements.
Summary
- Establishes civil monetary penalties for violations of mental health parity requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Expands enforcement to include plan sponsors, service providers, and plan administrators who fail to meet mental health and substance use disorder parity requirements.
- Allows the Secretary of Labor to enforce parity requirements for mental health and substance use disorder benefits under group health plans.
- Applies to group health plans and health insurance issuers offering coverage in connection with such plans for plan years beginning 1 year after enactment.
- Appropriates $30 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to the Employee Benefits Security Administration to carry out mental health parity enforcement.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Thomas H. Kean’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $19,727
- VETERANS GUARDIAN $13,200
- ULINE $13,200
- BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS, $13,200
- TC SERVICES $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Thomas H. Kean → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 30, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Jun 30, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 30, 2026
Mr. Kean introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To provide for civil monetary penalties for violations of mental health parity requirements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Mental Health Parity Enforcement and Funding Act”.
SEC. 2. CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR PARITY VIOLATIONS.
(a) Civil Monetary Penalties Relating to Parity in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders.—Section 502(c)(10) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(10)(A)) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking “use of genetic information” and inserting “use of genetic information and parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits”; and
(2) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking “any plan sponsor of a group health plan” and inserting “any plan sponsor, service provider, or plan administrator of a group health plan”; and
(B) by striking “for any failure” and all that follows through “in connection with the plan.” and inserting “for any failure by such sponsor, service provider, administrator, or issuer, in connection with the plan—
“(i) to meet the requirements of subsection (a)(1)(F), (b)(3), (c), or (d) of section 702 or section 701 or 702(b)(1) with respect to genetic information; or
“(ii) to meet the requirements of subsection (a) of section 712 with respect to parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits.”.
(b) Exception to the General Prohibition on Enforcement.—Section 502 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1132) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking “or (9)” and inserting “(9), or (10)”; and
(2) in subsection (b)(3)—
(A) by striking “subsections (c)(9) and (a)(6)” and inserting “subsections (c)(9), (c)(10), and
(a)(6)”; and
(B) by striking “under subsection (c)(9))” and inserting “under subsections (c)(9) and (c)(10)), and except with respect to enforcement by the Secretary of section 712”.
(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to group health plans, or any health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in connection with such plan, for plan years beginning after the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
There are appropriated to the Employee Benefits Security Administration to carry out the amendments made to the Employee Retirement Income Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) by the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343) and this Act, $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031. <all>
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