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Mental Health Parity Act of 1996

Introduced: September 11, 1996 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Sep 20, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Sep 16, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Sep 11, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Economic and Educational Opportunities, and Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 11, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 - Requires a group health plan that applies an aggregate lifetime (or annual) limit for medical or surgical services, if the plan also provides a mental health benefit, to include mental health payments in that limit or establish a separate aggregate lifetime (or annual) limit for mental health services, with the mental health limit not less than the medical or surgical limit. Prohibits a group health plan that does not apply a medical or surgical limit from applying a mental health limit. Exempts employers with fewer than 26 employees. Makes this Act ineffective after September 30, 2001. Exempts a purchaser from this Act if the Act's provisions result in a one percent or greater increase in the cost of a group health plan's premiums.

What's happening now September 27, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 28, 1996
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 11, 1996
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 11, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4058: Mental Health Parity Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-4058/
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