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HR 2409 105th Congress House

Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 1997

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for nondiscriminatory… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for nondiscriminatory coverage for substances abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage.

Introduced: October 31, 1997 See on congress.gov
Health Alcoholism treatmentCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCoinsuranceCommerce
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Discrimination in insuranceDiscrimination in medical careDrug abuseDrug abuse treatmentEmployee health benefitsFinance and Financial SectorHealth insuranceLabor and EmploymentSmall business
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 14, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7677)
Apr 21, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2079)
Sep 26, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Sep 19, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Sep 12, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 4, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Sep 4, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Sep 4, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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 4, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Sep 4, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1657)
Sep 4, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 14, 1998

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7677)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to require parity and nondiscriminatory application of treatment limitations and financial requirements to substance abuse treatment benefits under private group and individual health plans which offer such treatment benefits in addition to medical and surgical benefits. Exempts from this Act small employers with 50 or fewer employees.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 9 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 23, 1998
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jul 27, 1998
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 24, 1998
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 20, 1998
QUINN, JACK
· Apr 22, 1998
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Apr 21, 1998
HOUGHTON, AMO
· Apr 1, 1998
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 19, 1998
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Mar 10, 1998
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 10, 1998
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 24, 1998
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Feb 11, 1998
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 31, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 29, 1997
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Sep 9, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2409: Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2409/
MLA
"H.R. 2409: Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2409/.
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H.R. 2409, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2409/.
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