United States · Bill · S
S. 1447 (106th)
Fairness in Treatment: The Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Act of 1999
Introduced
28 July 1999
Last action
28 July 1999 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
Sponsors
Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
20 August 2025
Summary
Fairness in Treatment: The Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require parity and nondiscriminatory application of treatment limitations and financial requirements to substance abuse treatment benefits under private group and individual health plans which offer such treatment benefits in addition to medical and surgical benefits. Exempts from this Act small employers with 25 or fewer employees.
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Timeline
28 July 1999
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
Source: IntroReferral
28 July 1999
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9529-9531)
Source: IntroReferral
28 July 1999
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 28 July 1999 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/1447
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1447
- us · 106-s-1447 · source updated 20 August 2025