United States · Bill · S
S. 796 (106th)
Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 1999
Introduced
14 April 1999
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Status
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-582.
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Summary
Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 1999 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain employee group health plans or related insurance coverages providing both medical-surgical and health benefits from imposing, in the absence of comparable medical-surgical limits: (1) mental health inpatient and outpatient benefit limits; and (2) limits on benefits for severe biologically based mental illnesses.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 April 1999
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 April 1999
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 14 April 1999
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/796
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/796