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Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2002

Introduced: March 20, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Jun 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 2, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 20, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 20, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain employee group health plans or related insurances providing both medical-surgical and mental health benefits from imposing mental health treatment limitations or financial requirements unless comparable limitations and requirements are imposed upon medical-surgical benefits. States that the foregoing shall not be construed as requiring a group health plan (or related insurances) to: (1) provide any mental health benefits; (2) prevent the medical management of mental health benefits; or (3) require the provision of specific mental health services, except to the extent that failure to provide such services would result in a disparity between the coverage of mental health and medical-surgical benefits.

Exempts specified small employers from such requirements.

Requires that, in the case of a group health plan that offers a participant or beneficiary two or more benefit package options, the coverage requirements shall be applied separately with respect to each such option.

Provides that, in the case of a plan or insurance providing in-network mental health benefits, out-of-network mental health benefits need not be provided at parity to medical-surgical benefits, as long as in-network mental health benefits are provided at parity with medical-surgical benefits and the plan or insurance provides reasonable access to in-network providers and facilities.

Requires a General Accounting Office study of such requirements' effects upon health insurance costs, access, and quality and a cost estimation of extending such requirements to the treatment of substance abuse and chemical dependency.

What's happening now June 18, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 34
All 34 Democratic 30 Republican 3 Independent 1
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Jun 13, 2002
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Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 11, 2002
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jun 4, 2002
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 23, 2002
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 23, 2002
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 23, 2002
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 21, 2002
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Thompson, Mike
California · May 21, 2002
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 20, 2002
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 15, 2002
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 15, 2002
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 9, 2002
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Waters, Maxine
California · May 7, 2002
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 2, 2002
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 2, 2002
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 1, 2002
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 1, 2002
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 25, 2002
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 16, 2002
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 16, 2002
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Apr 10, 2002
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 10, 2002
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Apr 9, 2002
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 9, 2002
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 9, 2002
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 9, 2002
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Apr 9, 2002
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 9, 2002
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 9, 2002
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 9, 2002
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 9, 2002
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Apr 9, 2002
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 9, 2002
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 9, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4066: Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4066/
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