[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5716 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5716

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
  To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the 
 Public Health Service Act to extend the mental health benefits parity 
                   provisions for an additional year.

    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 Reauthorization 
Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVISIONS.

    (a) ERISA.--Section 712(f) of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185a(f)) is amended by striking 
``December 31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 2003''.
    (b) PHSA.--Section 2705(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300gg-5(f)) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and 
inserting ``December 31, 2003''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.