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S. 796 (106th)

Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 1999

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Introduced

14 April 1999

Last action

18 May 2000 · Committee

Status

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-582.

Sponsors

Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN], Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Warner, John [R-VA], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT], Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

20 August 2025

Healthcare

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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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Timeline

  1. 14 April 1999

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 14 April 1999

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3702-3704)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 14 April 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 18 May 2000

    Committee

    Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-582.

    Source: Committee

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