(b) COLLABORATION.—The Director of the National 
Institute of Mental Health shall conduct the program 
under subsection (a) in collaboration with— 
(1) Centers of Excellence; and 
(2) community-based national nonprofit re-
sources that support individuals affected by eating 
disorders and work to prevent eating disorders and 
address body image and weight issues. 
SEC. 9. CLARIFYING APPLICATION OF EXISTING PARITY 
LAW. 
(a) PHSA.—Section 2726 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–26) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF PERMANENT EXCLU-
SIONS
UNDER
MENTAL
HEALTH
AND
SUB-
STANCE
USE
DISORDER
BENEFITS.—A group 
health plan or health insurance issuer offering 
group or individual health insurance coverage to 
which subparagraph (A) applies shall be consid-
ered in violation of subparagraph (A)(ii) if the 
mental health or substance use disorder benefits 
under such plan or coverage provides for a per-
manent exclusion from such benefits for a par-
ticular condition or disorder.’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT.—For purposes of 
this section, mental health and substance use disorder 
benefits include residential treatment.’’. 
(b) ERISA.—Section 712 of the Employee Retire-
ment Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185a) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF PERMANENT EXCLU-
SIONS
UNDER
MENTAL
HEALTH
AND
SUB-
STANCE
USE
DISORDER
BENEFITS.—A group 
health plan (or health insurance coverage of-
fered in connection with such a plan) to which 
subparagraph (A) applies shall be considered in 
violation of subparagraph (A)(ii) if the mental 
health or substance use disorder benefits under 
such plan (or coverage) provides for a perma-
nent exclusion from such benefits for a par-
ticular condition or disorder.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(h) RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT.—For purposes of 
this section, mental health and substance use disorder 
benefits include residential treatment.’’. 
(c) IRC.—Section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9812) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF PERMANENT EXCLU-
SIONS
UNDER
MENTAL
HEALTH
AND
SUB-
STANCE
USE
DISORDER
BENEFITS.—A group 
health plan to which subparagraph (A) applies 
shall be considered in violation of subparagraph 
(A)(ii) if the mental health or substance use 
disorder benefits under such plan provides for 
a permanent exclusion from such benefits for a 
particular condition or disorder.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT.—For purposes of 
this section, mental health and substance use disorder 
benefits include residential treatment.’’. 
(d) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section or the 
amendments made by this section shall be construed as 
adding or expanding the scope of mental health or addic-
tion services included under section 2726 of the Public 
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Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–26), section 712 of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(29 U.S.C. 1185a), or section 9812 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9812). 
SEC. 10. REPORT BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade 
Commission shall submit to Congress a report that con-
tains— 
(1) a strategy to reduce the use, in advertising 
and other media for the promotion of commercial 
products, of images that have been altered to mate-
rially change the physical characteristics of the faces 
and bodies of the individuals depicted; and 
(2) recommendations for an appropriate, risk- 
based regulatory framework with respect to such 
use. 
(b) INPUT OF EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS AND EX-
PERTS.—In preparing the report required under sub-
section (a), the Federal Trade Commission shall solicit 
input from external stakeholders and experts on the strat-
egy and recommendations required to be included in such 
report. The Commission, in consultation with the Director 
of the National Institute of Mental Health and the Admin-
istrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Serv-
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ices Administration, shall ensure that input is obtained 
from an appropriate number of stakeholders and experts 
and, to the extent practicable, from stakeholders and ex-
perts that are geographically and culturally diverse and 
that include stakeholders and experts from the physical 
and mental health, business, and consumer advocacy com-
munities. 
SEC. 11. PROHIBITION ON NEW APPROPRIATIONS. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 
by this Act. This Act and such amendments shall be car-
ried out using amounts otherwise made available for such 
purposes. 
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