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S 796 106th Congress Senate

Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 1999

Official title: A bill to provide for full parity with respect to health insurance coverage for certain severe biologically-based mental illnesses and to prohibit limits on th… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide for full parity with respect to health insurance coverage for certain severe biologically-based mental illnesses and to prohibit limits on the number of mental illness-related hospital days and outpatient visits that are covered for all mental illnesses.

Introduced: October 4, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Child mental health servicesEmployee health benefitsFamiliesHealth insuranceHospital careHyperactive childrenLabor and EmploymentMental depressionMental health servicesMental illnessMentally illPost-traumatic stress disorderSchizophreniaStandards
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This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 18, 2000
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-582.
Apr 14, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
Apr 14, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3702-3704)
Apr 14, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 18, 2000

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-582.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 1999 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain employee group health plans or related insurance coverages providing both medical-surgical and health benefits from imposing, in the absence of comparable medical-surgical limits: (1) mental health inpatient and outpatient benefit limits; and (2) limits on benefits for severe biologically based mental illnesses.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 12, 2000
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Oct 4, 1999
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jun 30, 1999
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jun 21, 1999
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 22, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 796: Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-796/
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"S. 796: Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-796/.
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S. 796, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-796/.
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