1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to insurance; requiring mental health parity in group disability income 
1.3 	insurance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 72A.20, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 72A.20, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 39.Mental health parity; group disability income policies. No insurance 
1.9 	company may offer, issue, sell, or renew a group disability income policy in this state that 
1.10 	provides benefit coverages for disability due to mental illness, including depression, that 
1.11 	are different from those it provides for physical illness.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2007, and applies to group 
1.13 	policies offered, issued, sold, or renewed on or after that date.