wise specified (EDNOS) (including binge eating disorder), 
as defined in the fourth edition of ‘Diagnostic and Statis-
tical Manual of Mental Disorders’ or such later edition 
as the Secretary may specify.’’. 
(B) Section 732(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
1191a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 711’’ and 
inserting ‘‘sections 711 and 714’’. 
(C) The table of contents in section 1 of such 
Act is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 713 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 714. Coverage for treatment for eating disorders.’’. 
(3) 
INTERNAL
REVENUE
CODE
AMEND-
MENTS.—(A) Subchapter B of chapter 100 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by in-
serting after section 9812 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 9813. COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT FOR EATING DIS-
ORDERS. 
‘‘(a) COVERAGE.—A group health plan that provides 
medical and surgical benefits shall provide coverage for 
treatment for eating disorders consistent with the provi-
sions of this section. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—A group health plan shall 
not— 
‘‘(1) deny to an individual eligibility, or contin-
ued eligibility, to enroll or to renew coverage under 
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the terms of the plan, solely for the purpose of 
avoiding the requirement of this section; 
‘‘(2) deny coverage for treatment of eating dis-
orders, including coverage for residential treatment 
of eating disorders, if such treatment is medically 
necessary in accordance with the Practice Guidelines 
for the Treatment of Patients with Eating Dis-
orders, as most recently published by the American 
Psychiatric Association; 
‘‘(3) provide monetary payments, rebates, or 
other benefits to individuals to encourage such indi-
viduals to accept less than the minimum protections 
available under this section; 
‘‘(4) penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the 
reimbursement of a provider because such provider 
provided care to an individual participant or bene-
ficiary in accordance with this section; 
‘‘(5) provide incentives (monetary or otherwise) 
to a provider to induce such provider to provide care 
to an individual participant or beneficiary in a man-
ner inconsistent with this section; or 
‘‘(6) deny to an individual participant or bene-
ficiary continued eligibility to enroll or to renew cov-
erage under the terms of the plan, solely because the 
individual was previously found to have an eating 
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disorder or to have received treatment for an eating 
disorder. 
‘‘(c) OUT-OF-NETWORK PROVIDERS.—In the case of 
a group health plan that provides both medical and sur-
gical benefits and coverage for treatment for eating dis-
orders, if the plan provides coverage for medical or sur-
gical benefits provided by out-of-network providers, the 
plan or coverage shall provide coverage for treatment for 
eating disorders provided by out-of-network providers in 
a manner that is consistent with the requirements of this 
section. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as preventing a group health plan 
or issuer from imposing deductibles, coinsurance, or other 
cost-sharing in relation to treatment for eating disorders, 
except that such deductibles, coinsurance, or other cost- 
sharing may not be greater than the deductibles, coinsur-
ance, or other cost-sharing imposed on other comparable 
medical or surgical services covered under the plan. 
‘‘(e) EATING DISORDERS DEFINED.—For purposes 
of this section the term ‘eating disorder’ includes anorexia 
nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorders not other-
wise specified (EDNOS) (including binge eating disorder), 
as defined in the fourth edition of ‘Diagnostic and Statis-
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tical Manual of Mental Disorders’ or such later edition 
as the Secretary may specify.’’. 
(B) The table of sections of such subchapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 9812 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 9813. Coverage for treatment for eating disorders.’’. 
(C) Section 4980D(d)(1) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 9811’’ and inserting 
‘‘sections 9811 and 9813’’. 
(b) APPLICATION TO INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSUR-
ANCE COVERAGE.—(1) Part B of title XXVII of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 2753 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2754. COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT FOR EATING DIS-
ORDERS. 
‘‘The provisions of section 2708 shall apply to health 
insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer 
in the individual market in the same manner as it applies 
to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance 
issuer in connection with a group health plan in the small 
or large group market.’’. 
(2) Section 2762(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
300gg–62(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 2751’’ 
and inserting ‘‘sections 2751 and 2754’’. 
(c) APPLICATION
UNDER
FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES 
HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM (FEHBP).—Section 8902 
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of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(p) A contract may not be made or a plan approved 
which does not comply with the requirements of section 
2708 of the Public Health Service Act.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) The amendments made by subsections (a) 
and (c) shall apply with respect to group health 
plans and health benefit plans for plan years begin-
ning on or after the date that is 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) The amendments made by subsection (b) 
shall apply with respect to health insurance coverage 
offered, sold, issued, renewed, in effect, or operated 
in the individual market on or after the date that is 
6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(e) COORDINATION OF ADMINISTRATION.—The Sec-
retary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure, 
through the execution of an interagency memorandum of 
understanding among such Secretaries, that— 
(1) regulations, rulings, and interpretations 
issued by such Secretaries relating to the same mat-
ter over which two or more such Secretaries have re-
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