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HR 5716 107th Congress House

Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2002

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to extend the mental health benefits parity provisions for an additional year.

Introduced: November 13, 2002 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 2, 2002
Became Public Law No: 107-313.
Dec 2, 2002
Signed by President.
Nov 21, 2002
Presented to President.
Nov 18, 2002
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 15, 2002
Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11222-11223)
Nov 15, 2002
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11222-11223)
Nov 15, 2002
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 15, 2002
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR 11/14/2002 H8926)
Nov 15, 2002
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR 11/14/2002 H8926)
Nov 15, 2002
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 11/14/2002 H8925-9007)
Nov 15, 2002
Mr. Armey asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Nov 15, 2002
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Nov 15, 2002
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
Nov 14, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 13, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Nov 13, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 2, 2002

Became Public Law No: 107-313.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to extend mental health parity provisions through 2003.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5716: Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5716/
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"H.R. 5716: Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5716/.
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H.R. 5716, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5716/.
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