House Amendment 1014 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 139 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 2, by inserting after line 26, the 1 3 following: 1 4 < . Notwithstanding subsection 3, coverage 1 5 benefits for the treatment of alcohol or substance 1 6 abuse pursuant to this section are not required until 1 7 twelve months after the adoption of the final 1 8 implementation rules and regulations for the federal 1 9 Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity 1 10 and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, as it amends the 1 11 federal Mental Health Parity Act of 1996, as codified 1 12 in section 712 of the federal Employee Retirement 1 13 Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. } 1185(a), section 2705 1 14 of the federal Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. } 1 15 300gg=5, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue 1 16 Code.> 1 17 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 1 18 1 19 1 20 1 21 UPMEYER of Hancock 1 22 HF 139.502 83 1 23 av/nh/12394 1 24 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35 1 36 1 37 1 38 1 39 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-