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[H.R. 4579 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]


        H.R.4579

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and five


                                 An Act


 
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
 title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue 
 Code of 1986 to extend by one year provisions requiring parity in the 
        application of certain limits to mental health benefits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION FOR PROVISIONS REQUIRING PARITY IN THE 
              APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LIMITS TO MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS.

    (a) Amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974.--Section 712(f) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185a(f)) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2005'' 
and inserting ``December 31, 2006''.
    (b) Amendment to the Public Health Service Act.--Section 2705(f) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-5(f)) is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2005'' and inserting ``December 31, 2006''.
    (c) Amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--Section 
9812(f)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
application of section) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2005'' 
and inserting ``December 31, 2006''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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