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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall convene 
a public meeting of stakeholders described in para-
graph (2) to produce an action plan for improved 
Federal and State coordination related to the en-
forcement of section 2726 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–26), section 712 of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(29 U.S.C. 1185a), and section 9812 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, and any comparable provi-
sions of State law (in this section collectively re-
ferred to as ‘‘mental health parity and addiction eq-
uity requirements’’). 
(2) STAKEHOLDERS.—The stakeholders de-
scribed in this paragraph shall include each of the 
following: 
(A) The Federal Government, including 
representatives from— 
(i) the Department of Health and 
Human Services; 
(ii) the Department of the Treasury; 
(iii) the Department of Labor; and 
(iv) the Department of Justice. 
(B) State governments, including— 
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(i) State health insurance commis-
sioners; 
(ii) appropriate State agencies, includ-
ing agencies on public health or mental 
health; and 
(iii) State attorneys general or other 
representatives of State entities involved in 
the enforcement of mental health parity 
and addiction equity requirements. 
(C) Representatives from key stakeholder 
groups, including— 
(i) the National Association of Insur-
ance Commissioners; 
(ii) health insurance providers; 
(iii) providers of mental health and 
substance use disorder treatment; 
(iv) employers; and 
(v) patients or their advocates. 
(b) ACTION PLAN.—Not later than 6 months after 
the conclusion of the public meeting under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall finalize 
the action plan described in such subsection and make it 
plainly available on the Internet website of the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services. 
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(c) CONTENT.—The action plan under this section 
shall— 
(1) reflect the input of the stakeholders partici-
pating in the public meeting under subsection (a); 
(2) identify specific strategic objectives regard-
ing how the various Federal and State agencies 
charged with enforcement of mental health parity 
and addiction equity requirements will collaborate to 
improve enforcement of such requirements; 
(3) provide a timeline for implementing the ac-
tion plan; and 
(4) provide specific examples of how such objec-
tives may be met, which may include— 
(A) providing common educational infor-
mation and documents to patients about their 
rights under mental health parity and addiction 
equity requirements; 
(B) facilitating the centralized collection 
of, monitoring of, and response to patient com-
plaints or inquiries relating to mental health 
parity and addiction equity requirements, which 
may be through the development and adminis-
tration of a single, toll-free telephone number 
and an Internet website portal; 
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(C) Federal and State law enforcement 
agencies entering into memoranda of under-
standing to better coordinate enforcement re-
sponsibilities and information sharing, including 
whether such agencies should make the results 
of enforcement actions related to mental health 
parity and addiction equity requirements pub-
licly available; and 
(D) recommendations to the Congress re-
garding the need for additional legal authority 
to improve enforcement of mental health parity 
and addiction equity requirements, including 
the need for additional legal authority to ensure 
that nonquantitative treatment limitations are 
applied, and the extent and frequency of the ap-
plications of such limitations, both to medical 
and surgical benefits and to mental health and 
substance use disorder benefits in a comparable 
manner. 
SEC. 803. REPORT ON INVESTIGATIONS REGARDING PAR-
ITY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE 
USE DISORDER BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 
the subsequent 5 years, the Administrator of the Centers 
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for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in collaboration with 
the Assistant Secretary of Labor of the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration and the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 
a report summarizing the results of all closed Federal in-
vestigations completed during the preceding 12-month pe-
riod with findings of any serious violation regarding com-
pliance with mental health and substance use disorder cov-
erage requirements under section 2726 of the Public 
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), and section 9812 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Subject to subsection (c), a report 
under subsection (a) shall, with respect to investigations 
described in such subsection, include each of the following: 
(1) The number of closed Federal investigations 
conducted during the covered reporting period. 
(2) Each benefit classification examined by any 
such investigation conducted during the covered re-
porting period. 
(3) Each subject matter, including compliance 
with requirements for quantitative and nonquantita-
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