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HR 599 107th Congress House

Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act of 2001

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services under the Medicare Program.

Introduced: June 17, 2002 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 28, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 14, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E179)
Feb 13, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Feb 13, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E156-157)
Feb 13, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate special copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services under the Medicare program.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 26, 2002
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 17, 2002
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 22, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 24, 2001
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 24, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 3, 2001
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 28, 2001
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 22, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 599: Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-599/
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"H.R. 599: Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-599/.
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H.R. 599, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-599/.
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