Committee Hearings, Parity in Health Insurance Coverage for
Mental Illness
This page contains testimony given before Congressional committees related
to this issue. Note that many organizations giving testimony before committees
also have statements and information available on their own webpages. That material
is available under organizational statements.
This page contains all abstracts from hearings, but only selected transcripts
released electronically by the relevant committee.
Abstracts:
Testimony:
- Jenny
Collier-McColl - Legal Action Center, House Commerce Committee, Health and
Environment Subcommittee, 7/30/99
- David
Fassler - American Psychiatric Association, House Education and the Workforce
Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, 9/29/00
- Dan
L. Crippen - Congressional Budget Office, House Education and the Workforce
Committee, Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee, 6/11/99
- R.
Michael Conley - Partnership for Recovery, House Government Reform Committee,
Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources Subcommittee, 10/21/99
- Charles
N. Kahn, III - Health Insurance Association of America , House Government
Reform Committee, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources Subcommittee,
10/21/99
- Rep.
John L. Mica, House Government Reform Committee, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy,
and Human Resources Subcommittee, 10/21/99
- Ronald
Smith - National Naval Medical Center, House Government Reform Committee,
Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources Subcommittee, 10/21/99
- Roland
Sturm - RAND Institute, House Government Reform Committee, Criminal Justice,
Drug Policy, and Human Resources Subcommittee, 10/21/99
- Sen.
Paul Wellstone, House Government Reform Committee, Criminal Justice, Drug
Policy, and Human Resources Subcommittee, 10/21/99
- Nelba
Chavez - Department of Health and Human Services, House Government Reform
Committee, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources Subcommittee,
3/14/00
- Stephen
W. Gammarino - Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, House Government Reform
Committee, Civil Service Subcommittee, 5/03/99
- Rep.
Joseph Scarborough, et al., House Government Reform Committee, Civil Service
Subcommittee, 6/13/00
- Rep.
George Gekas, et al., House Judiciary Committee, Crime Subcommittee, 9/21/00
- G.
Richard Smith - Association of American Medical Colleges , House Ways and
Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, 7/20/99
- Jim
McNulty - National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, House Ways and Means Committee,
Social Security Subcommittee, 3/11/99
- David
Gallagher, House Ways and Means Committee, Social Security Subcommittee, 3/23/00
- Sen.
James M. Jeffords, et al., Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee,
5/6/99
- Kathryn
G. Allen - General Accounting Office, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions Committee, 5/18/00
- Sen.
Pete V. Domenici, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee,
5/18/00
- Ken
Duckworth - Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Senate Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Committee, 5/18/00
- Steven
E. Hyman - National Institute of Mental Health, Senate Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Committee, 5/18/00
- Sen.
James M. Jeffords, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee,
5/18/00
- Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee,
5/18/00
- Ken
Libertoff - Vermont Association of Mental Health, Senate Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Committee, 5/18/00
- Dean
Rosen - Health Insurance Association of America, Senate Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Committee, 5/18/00
- Sen.
Paul Wellstone, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 5/18/00
- Tara
Woolridge - Delta Air Lines, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Committee, 5/18/00