Workers’ Disability Benefits Parity Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Jun 5, 2025
What it does
The Workers’ Disability Benefits Parity Act of 2025 would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require disability benefit plans to treat mental health conditions and substance use disorders no less favorably than physical health conditions, prohibiting more restrictive limitations on benefits for behavioral health-related disabilities. It applies to private employer-sponsored disability plans, governmental employee benefit plans, and insurance issuers providing disability benefits, and would allow the Secretary of Labor to assess civil penalties for violations. The bill also clarifies that physical health conditions caused by a mental health or substance use…
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