Definitions

In this title: (1) Administrator The term administrator has the meaning given the term in section 3(16)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(16)(A)). (2) Employer The term employer has the meaning given the term in section 3(5) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(5)). (3) Governmental employee benefit plan The term governmental employee benefit plan has the meaning given governmental plan in section 3(32) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(32)), except that such term shall not include a plan established or maintained for its employees by the Government of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality thereof. (4) Issuer The term issuer means an insurance company, insurance service, or insurance organization, which is licensed to engage in the business of insurance in a State and which is subject to State law which regulates insurance (within the meaning of section 514(b)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1144(b)(2))). Such term does not include an employee benefit plan (as defined under section 3(3) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1002(3))). (5) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Labor. (6) State The term State includes— (A) the 50 States; (B) the District of Columbia; (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; (D) the Virgin Islands; (E) Guam; (F) American Samoa; and (G) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (7) Additional ERISA terms The terms disability benefit, disability benefit plan, mental health condition, and substance use disorder have the meanings given the terms in section 901 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. (8) Other ERISA terms The terms administrator, employer, and State have the meanings given the terms in section 3 of such Act.