I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1424 
To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 
9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the 
provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under 
group health plans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2007 
Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACKER-
MAN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. 
BACA, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BARROW, Ms. BEAN, 
Mr. BECERRA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BISHOP of 
Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BORDALLO, 
Mr. BOREN, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BOYD of Florida, Mr. 
BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of 
Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARDOZA, 
Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CARNEY, Ms. CARSON, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. CHAN-
DLER, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. CUELLAR, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. 
DAVIS of California, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. DEFAZIO, 
Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DICKS, Mr. 
DOGGETT, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, 
Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. EMANUEL, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
ENGLISH
of 
Pennsylvania, 
Ms. 
ESHOO, 
Mr. 
ETHERIDGE, 
Mr. 
FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. FILNER, 
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mr. 
GILCHREST, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GORDON of Ten-
nessee, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. HARE, Ms. 
HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HODES, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 
HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. HOYER, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, 
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. 
JONES of Ohio, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KELLER 
of Florida, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. KIND, Mr. KING of New 
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York, Mr. KIRK, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LAHOOD, 
Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LATOURETTE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LOEBSACK, 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. 
MALONEY of New York, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MATHESON, 
Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Min-
nesota, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCIN-
TYRE, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MEEK of Flor-
ida, Mr. MEEKS
of New York, Mr. MICA, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. 
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MOL-
LOHAN, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORAN 
of Virginia, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Mas-
sachusetts, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. 
ORTIZ, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERSON
of Minnesota, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. 
PLATTS, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. 
RANGEL, Mr. RENZI, Mr. REYES, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 
Mr. ROSS, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 
Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SALAZAR, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ 
of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. 
SAXTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. SHAYS, Ms. SHEA- 
PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SKELTON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SNYDER, Ms. 
SOLIS, Mr. SPACE, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STARK, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. SUL-
LIVAN, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. TANNER, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. THOMPSON of 
Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 
UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. UPTON, Mr. VAN 
HOLLEN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. WALSH of New York, 
Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. WAMP, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. 
WATT, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, Mr. 
WEXLER, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Mr. WYNN, Mr. YARMUTH, and Mr. YOUNG of Alas-
ka) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education 
and Labor and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health 
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