Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Amendments of 1999
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 21, 1999)
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Amendments of 1999 - 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 just happenedMay 6, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 21, 1999
- May 6, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - May 6, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Apr 28, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Apr 21, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Apr 21, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Education and Workforce Committee - Apr 21, 1999IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on 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.
- Apr 21, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Apr 21, 1999IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 21, 1999IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House