Title V, SEC. 5206. CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES. 
      (a) Denial or Delay in Payment or Provision of Benefits. 

        (1) In general. The Secretary of Labor may assess a civil penalty 
      against any health plan, or against any other plan in connection with 
      benefits provided thereunder under a cost sharing policy described in 
      section 1421(b)(2), for unreasonable denial or delay in the payment or 
      provision of benefits thereunder, in an amount not to exceed 

          (A) $25,000 per violation, or $75,000 per violation in the case of a 
        finding of bad faith on the part of the plan, and 

          (B) in the case of a finding of a pattern or practice of such 
        violations engaged in by the plan, $1,000,000 in addition to the total 
        amount of penalties assessed under subparagraph (A) with respect to 
        such violations. 

          For purposes of subparagraph (A), each violation with respect to any 
        single individual shall be treated as a separate violation. 

        (2) Civil action to enforce civil penalty. The Secretary of Labor may 
      commence a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce 
      a civil penalty assessed under subsection (a). 

      (b) Civil Penalties for Certain Other Actions. The Secretary of Labor may 
    assess a civil penalty described in section 5412(b)(1) against any 
    corporate alliance health plan, or against any other plan sponsored by a 
    corporate alliance in connection with benefits provided thereunder under a 
    cost sharing policy described in section 1421(b)(2), for any action 
    described in section 5412(a). The Secretary of Labor may initiate 
    proceedings to impose such penalty in the same manner as the Secretary of 
    Health and Human Services may initiate proceedings under section 5412 with 
    respect to actions described in section 5412(a).