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Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 2001

Introduced: March 22, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
May 8, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 16, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 4, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 22, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Mar 22, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 2001 - 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 May 8, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 25, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 28, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 4, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 4, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1194: Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1194/
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"H.R. 1194: Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1194/.
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H.R. 1194, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1194/.
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