United States · Law · HR
H.R. 4579 (109th)
Employee Retirement Preservation Act
Introduced
16 December 2005
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
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10 February 2026
Summary
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2006 mental health parity provisions, which require group health plans to treat equally mental health benefits and medical and surgical benefits for purposes of lifetime limits or annual limits on benefits covered by the plan.
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Documents
14 official files
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Enrolled Bill (PDF)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Public Law (text)
Public Law · EN · 30 December 2005
Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 30 December 2005
Public Law
summary · EN · 30 December 2005
Passed Senate without amendment
summary · EN · 22 December 2005
Received in Senate (text)
Received in Senate · EN · 17 December 2005
Received in Senate (PDF)
Received in Senate · EN · 17 December 2005
Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 17 December 2005
Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 17 December 2005
Passed House without amendment
summary · EN · 17 December 2005
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 16 December 2005
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 16 December 2005
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 16 December 2005
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/4579
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4579