514(b)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1144(b)(2) ). Such term does not include a group health plan. (3) Health maintenance organization The term health maintenance organization means— (A) a Federally qualified health maintenance organization (as defined in section 300e(a) of title 42 of the United States Code), (B) an organization recognized under State law as a health maintenance organization, or (C) a similar organization regulated under State law for solvency in the same manner and to the same extent as such a health maintenance organization. (c) Effective date This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act but shall not apply with respect to conduct that occurs before such date. 305. Increasing transparency by removing gag clauses on price and quality information Subpart II of part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–11 et seq.), as amended by the preceding sections, is amended by adding at the end the following: 2729B. Increasing transparency by removing gag clauses on price and quality information (a) Increasing price and quality transparency for plan sponsors and group and individual market and consumers (1) Group health plans A group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage may not enter into an agreement with a health care provider, network or association of providers, third-party administrator, or other service provider offering access to a network of providers that would directly or indirectly restrict a group health plan or health insurance issuer from— (A) providing provider-specific cost or quality of care information, through a consumer engagement tool or any other means, to referring providers, the plan sponsor, enrollees, or eligible enrollees of the plan or coverage