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106th Congress
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Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 1999
Introduced: May 27, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1062-1063)
Jun 23, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jun 18, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 7, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 27, 1999
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.
May 27, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1121-1122)
May 27, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to provide for parity in the application of treatment limitations and financial requirements to substance abuse treatment benefits under group health plans and individual health insurance coverage.
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1062-1063)