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Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 1999

Introduced: May 27, 1999 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.
What's happening now March 15, 2000

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1062-1063)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 7 Republican 3 Independent 1
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 16, 2000
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 16, 2000
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Oct 21, 1999
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jul 1, 1999
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 18, 1999
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 9, 1999
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jun 9, 1999
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 8, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 8, 1999
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 27, 1999
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · May 27, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1977: Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1977/
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"H.R. 1977: Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1977/.
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H.R. 1977, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1977/.
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