HR 162
107th Congress
House
Health
Alcoholism treatment
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coinsurance
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health insurance portability
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Mental health services
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Amendments of 2001
Introduced: January 3, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Feb 7, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 3, 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.
Jan 3, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Amendments of 2001 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit group and individual health plans from imposing treatment limitations or financial requirements on the coverage of mental health benefits, or substance abuse and chemical dependency benefits, if similar limitations or requirements are not imposed on medical and surgical benefits.
Amends the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1986 to provide for coordination in implementation of such amendments.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.