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H.R. 2256 (108th)

Help Expand Access to Recovery and Treatment (HEART) Act of 2003

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Introduced

22 May 2003

Last action

20 June 2003 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Sponsors

Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4], Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3], Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3], Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

23 March 2026

Healthcare

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Summary

Help Expand Access to Recovery and Treatment (HEART) Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to provide for parity in the application of treatment limitations and financial requirements to substance abuse treatment benefits under group health plans and individual health insurance coverage.

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Timeline

  1. 22 May 2003

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 22 May 2003

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 22 May 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 22 May 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 2 June 2003

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  6. 11 June 2003

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 20 June 2003

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

    Source: Committee

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