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H.R. 1402 (109th)

Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2005

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

17 March 2005

Last action

28 September 2006 · Discharge

Status

Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Kennedy (RI). Petition No: 109-18. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/109/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis18.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

Sponsors

Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2], Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5], Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43], Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

23 March 2026

Healthcare

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Summary

Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan or group health coverage that provides both medical and surgical benefits and mental health benefits from imposing treatment limitations or financial requirements on the mental health benefits unless comparable limitations or requirements are imposed on medical and surgical benefits. Excludes such requirements for plans and coverage for small employers. Allows a plan or coverage that provides in-network mental health benefits to provide out-of-network mental health benefits using treatment limitations or financial requirements that are not comparable to those applied to medical-surgical benefits if the in-network mental health benefits are provided at parity with medical-surgical benefits and with reasonable access. Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to: (1) study the effects of this Act on health insurance costs and access and quality of health care; and (2) provide a cost estimation of extending such requirements to the treatment of substance abuse and chemical dependency.

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Timeline

  1. 17 March 2005

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 17 March 2005

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 17 March 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 17 March 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 22 March 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

    Source: Committee

  6. 18 April 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

    Source: Committee

  7. 28 September 2006

    Discharge

    Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Kennedy (RI). Petition No: 109-18. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/109/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis18.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

    Source: Discharge

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