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H.R.1515
Sponsor: Rep Roukema, Marge(introduced 4/21/1999)
Latest Major Action: 5/6/1999 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit group and individual health plans from imposing treatment limitations or financial requirements on the coverage of mental health benefits and on the coverage of substance abuse and chemical dependency benefits if similar limitations or requirements are not imposed on medical and surgical benefits.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
4/21/1999:
Referred to the Committee on 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.
4/21/1999:
Referred to House Commerce
5/6/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
4/21/1999:
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
5/6/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
4/21/1999:
Referred to House Ways and Means
4/28/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(114), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 6/8/1999 Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 4/21/1999
Rep Baird, Brian - 4/21/1999 Rep Baldacci, John Elias - 6/8/1999
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 6/8/1999 Rep Berkley, Shelley - 11/17/1999
Rep Berman, Howard L. - 6/29/1999 Rep Bishop, Sanford D. Jr. - 6/29/1999
Rep Blagojevich, Rod R. - 6/8/1999 Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. - 4/21/1999
Rep Bonior, David E. - 6/29/1999 Rep Borski, Robert A. - 6/29/1999
Rep Brown, Corrine - 6/8/1999 Rep Capps, Lois - 4/21/1999
Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 7/30/1999 Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. - 6/8/1999
Rep Carson, Julia - 6/8/1999 Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 6/29/1999
Rep Clement, Bob - 9/28/1999 Rep Clyburn, James E. - 3/16/2000
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 7/19/1999 Rep Cook, Merrill - 4/13/2000
Rep Costello, Jerry F. - 6/8/1999 Rep Coyne, William J. - 10/18/2000
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 4/21/1999 Rep Delahunt, William D. - 9/28/1999
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 4/21/1999 Rep Dixon, Julian C. - 6/8/1999
Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 4/10/2000 Rep English, Phil - 6/29/1999
Rep Evans, Lane - 1/27/2000 Rep Farr, Sam - 5/17/1999
Rep Filner, Bob - 5/17/1999 Rep Ford, Harold, Jr. - 7/19/1999
Rep Frank, Barney - 5/17/1999 Rep Frost, Martin - 7/19/1999
Rep Gejdenson, Sam - 1/27/2000 Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. - 7/19/1999
Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. - 4/21/1999 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 11/2/1999
Rep Greenwood, James C. - 4/21/1999 Rep Hall, Tony P. - 6/8/1999
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 6/8/1999 Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 5/17/1999
Rep Holden, Tim - 6/29/1999 Rep Holt, Rush D. - 10/2/2000
Rep Hooley, Darlene - 7/19/1999 Rep Horn, Stephen - 5/17/1999
Rep Inslee, Jay - 10/11/2000 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 6/8/1999
Rep Johnson, Nancy L. - 4/21/1999 Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 4/21/1999
Rep Kelly, Sue W. - 4/21/1999 Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 7/19/1999
Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 6/8/1999 Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 6/8/1999
Rep Kind, Ron - 6/8/1999 Rep Kleczka, Gerald D. - 6/8/1999
Rep Klink, Ron - 4/13/2000 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 6/8/1999
Rep LaFalce, John J. - 6/29/1999 Rep Lantos, Tom - 6/29/1999
Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 5/17/1999 Rep Leach, James A. - 4/21/1999
Rep Levin, Sander M. - 1/27/2000 Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 7/30/1999
Rep Luther, Bill - 11/17/1999 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 1/27/2000
Rep Maloney, James H. - 6/29/1999 Rep Matsui, Robert T. - 6/8/1999
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 4/21/1999 Rep McCollum, Bill - 4/21/1999
Rep McDermott, Jim - 4/21/1999 Rep McGovern, James P. - 5/17/1999
Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 5/17/1999 Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 7/19/1999
Rep Mica, John L. - 4/21/1999 Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 6/29/1999
Rep Miller, George - 4/21/1999 Rep Minge, David - 6/29/1999
Rep Mink, Patsy T. - 6/8/1999 Rep Mollohan, Alan B. - 6/12/2000
Rep Morella, Constance A. - 4/21/1999 Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 2/29/2000
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 3/16/2000 Rep Olver, John W. - 7/30/1999
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 6/29/1999 Rep Pastor, Ed - 3/16/2000
Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 11/2/1999 Rep Price, David E. - 6/8/1999
Rep Quinn, Jack - 5/17/1999 Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 5/17/1999
Rep Ramstad, Jim - 6/29/1999 Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 6/8/1999
Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 11/17/1999 Rep Sanders, Bernard - 4/21/1999
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 6/29/1999 Rep Shays, Christopher - 4/21/1999
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 7/19/1999 Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 6/8/1999
Rep Strickland, Ted - 4/21/1999 Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 5/17/1999
Rep Tierney, John F. - 7/30/1999 Rep Towns, Edolphus - 7/11/2000
Rep Udall, Mark - 4/10/2000 Rep Udall, Tom - 11/2/1999
Rep Vento, Bruce F. - 7/30/1999 Rep Walsh, James T. - 6/8/1999
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 7/30/1999 Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 7/19/1999
Rep Weygand, Robert A. - 4/10/2000 Rep Wise, Robert E., Jr. - 4/21/1999
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 6/8/1999 Rep Wu, David - 9/28/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
4/21/1999--Introduced.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Amendments of 1999 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit group and individual health plans from imposing treatment limitations or financial requirements on the coverage of mental health benefits, or substance abuse and chemical dependency benefits, if similar limitations or requirements are not imposed on medical and surgical benefits.

Amends the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1986 to provide for coordination in implementation of such amendments.