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Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007

Introduced: March 7, 2007 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jun 5, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Mar 16, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 8, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 7, 2007

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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 7, 2007

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit treatment limits or the imposition of financial requirements on mental health and substance-related disorder benefits in group health plans which are not similarly imposed on substantially all medical and surgical benefits in any category of items or services under such plans.

Directs the Comptroller General to study the effect of the implementation of this Act on various aspects of the health care system, including the cost of and access to health insurance coverage, the quality of health care, Medicare, Medicaid, and state and local mental health and substance abuse treatment spending, and spending on public services.

What's happening now June 5, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Related & companion bills 5

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 6

Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives
Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Education and Workforce Committee
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 50

Baldwin, Tammy

Wisconsin · Mar 7, 2007

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · Mar 7, 2007

Castor, Kathy

Florida · Mar 7, 2007

Clarke, Yvette D.

New York · Mar 7, 2007

Cleaver, Emanuel

Missouri · Mar 7, 2007

Clyburn, James E.

South Carolina · Mar 7, 2007

Cohen, Steve

Tennessee · Mar 7, 2007

Costa, Jim

California · Mar 7, 2007

Courtney, Joe

Connecticut · Mar 7, 2007

Cuellar, Henry

Texas · Mar 7, 2007

Davis, Danny K.

Illinois · Mar 7, 2007

DeGette, Diana

Colorado · Mar 7, 2007

DeLauro, Rosa L.

Connecticut · Mar 7, 2007

Doggett, Lloyd

Texas · Mar 7, 2007

Gillibrand, Kirsten E.

New York · Mar 7, 2007

Maryland · Mar 7, 2007

Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"

Georgia · Mar 7, 2007

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Mar 7, 2007

Larsen, Rick

Washington · Mar 7, 2007

Larson, John B.

Connecticut · Mar 7, 2007

Lofgren, Zoe

California · Mar 7, 2007

Lynch, Stephen F.

Massachusetts · Mar 7, 2007

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Mar 7, 2007

Matsui, Doris O.

California · Mar 7, 2007

McCollum, Betty

Minnesota · Mar 7, 2007

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Mar 7, 2007

Meeks, Gregory W.

New York · Mar 7, 2007

Moore, Gwen

Wisconsin · Mar 7, 2007

Murphy, Christopher

Connecticut · Mar 7, 2007

Nadler, Jerrold

New York · Mar 7, 2007

Neal, Richard E.

Massachusetts · Mar 7, 2007

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Mar 7, 2007

Pallone, Frank

New Jersey · Mar 7, 2007

Sánchez, Linda T.

California · Mar 7, 2007

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Mar 7, 2007

Schiff, Adam B.

California · Mar 7, 2007

Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"

Virginia · Mar 7, 2007

Sherman, Brad

California · Mar 7, 2007

Smith, Christopher H.

New Jersey · Mar 7, 2007

Smith, Adam

Washington · Mar 7, 2007

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Mar 7, 2007

Thompson, Mike

California · Mar 7, 2007

Van Hollen, Chris

Maryland · Mar 7, 2007

Velázquez, Nydia M.

New York · Mar 7, 2007

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie

Florida · Mar 7, 2007

Waters, Maxine

California · Mar 7, 2007

Welch, Peter

Vermont · Mar 7, 2007

Wilson, Joe

South Carolina · Mar 7, 2007

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1367: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1367/

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"H.R. 1367: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1367/.

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