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H.R.6983 - Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)
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- Official: To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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Mental Health Parity Legislation Passes within Financial Package_ ...
... new financial rescue bill, tax extenders package and mental health and substance use disorder parity legislation, the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (introduced as H.R. 6983). ...
Rep. Kennedy - Mental Health Parity | Health Plus Health Care
Today, the House is considering the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, HR 6983. This bill is designed to end.
Disability Information and Insight: Treatment for People Suffering ...
H.R. 6983 does not mandate group health plans provide any mental health coverage. However, if a plan does offer mental health coverage, then, it requires: * Equity in financial requirements, such as deductibles, co-payments, coinsurance ...
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
The $700 billion âbailoutâ package designed to salvage the nationâs economic crisis ... included the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 [HR 6983], one of the 20 attached bills ... and signed into law a few days later.
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
The $700 billion âbailoutâ package designed to salvage the nationâs economic crisis ... included the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 [HR 6983], one of the 20 attached bills ... signed into law a few days later.
Traveling nurses, therapists, & technologists encouraged to fight ...
Known as the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (HR 6983), it requires health plans offering mental health coverage to provide the same benefits for mental illness as they do for other ...
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act
HR 6983. Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - Amends Part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give state plans the option of ...
Missing Links and Barbelith verification
HR 6983: Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (GovTrack.us). ALAINFINKIELKRAUTROCK: Lucien Nicolet and his work. WFMUâs Beware of the Blog: The Genius of Arrigo Barnabé (this is really ...
The Benefits Of Being There
The success of the Mental Health Parity Bill (short name for the âHR 6983: Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008â) is attributable to Sen. Wellstoneâs son, David Wellstone, whose fight 12 ...
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... a new financial rescue bill, tax extenders package and mental health and substance use disorder parity legislation, the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (introduced as HR 6983). ...
The maddening JOKE of Federal Mental Health Parity: out of pocket ...
HERE is the Act information, specifically, HR 6983: Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (cut and paste): http://www.govtrack.us/congress/ billtext.xpd?bill=h110-6983 ...
mental health parity provision signed into law as part of ...
as part of hr 1424, congress included a âmental health parityâ provision which had been previously passed by overwhelming majorities in the house (hr 6983) and senate (hr 6049) in separate bills on september 23, 2008. ...
Financial Bailout Bill Includes Mental Health Parity Requirements
Of particular interest to employers, the new law also includes a âmental health parityâ provision that, on September 23, 2008, had been previously passed in separate bills by overwhelming majorities in the House (HR 6983) and Senate (HR ...
Financial Bailout Bill Includes Mental Health Parity Requirements
Of particular interest to employers, the new law also includes a â mental health parityâ provision that, on September 23, 2008, had been previously passed in separate bills by overwhelming majorities in the House (HR 6983) and Senate ...
Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 5-11, 2008: I Have a ...
When the Economic Stabilization Act was signed into law last week, it included a piece of legislation called the Paul Wellstone-Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (HR 6983). For 20 years, NAMI has fought ...
NAMI Applauds Bipartisan Mental Illness Insurance Parity Bill
NAMI is proud to support the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (HR 1424) and the Paul Wellstone-Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (HR 6983) that is included in this important bill. ...
At Long Last, Mental Health Parity Bill Passes House & Senate!
After years of being dragged in some form across the congressional floor, HR 6983 (The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008) finally passed the House on Sept. 23rd. ...
Mental Health Parity Legislation Passes within Financial Package ...
... new financial rescue bill, tax extenders package and mental health and substance use disorder parity legislation, the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (introduced as H.R. 6983). ...
where the rubber meets the road (10/03/08)
voting 376-47, the house passed a bill (hr 6983) that would require private insurers to cover mental illness and chemical addiction at the same level and cost that they cover physical ailments in the same policy. ...
hr 1525 - update on the bow and arrow bill (or how to rescue a ...
today, the house passed the paul wellstone and pete domenici mental health parity and addiction equity act (hr 6983) by a vote of 376 to 47. the legislation will end discrimination against patients seeking treatment for mental illness. ...
NAMI applauds bipartisan mental illness insurance parity bill
... 3 -- NAMI is proud to support the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (HR 1424) and the Paul Wellstone-Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (HR 6983) that is included in this important bill. ...
House, Senate Approve Mental Health Parity Bills
The House voted 376-47 to approve the bill (HR 6983) as a stand-alone measure, while the Senate attached its mental health parity bill to legislation (HR 6049, S 3335) that would delay expiring tax breaks, among other things (Pear, ...
NAMI Applauds Bipartisan Mental Illness Insurance Parity Bill
NAMI is proud to support the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (HR 1424) and the Paul Wellstone-Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (HR 6983) that is included in this important bill.
Mental Health Parity Update-1
Legislation HR6983, Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 was included in HR 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization (Bailout) Act of 2008, Section 511 and 512, signed by the President ...
Mental Health Insurance Parity in the US?
He has sponsored HR 6983, The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. This act sets out to ...amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public ...
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report - Wednesday, October 1, 2008
in the House as a stand-alone bill (HR 6983) and in the Senate as part of a broader tax relief bill (HR 6049, S 3335), and it has been "endorsed by President Bush, business groups, insurance companies, the medical community and mental ...
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Act (H.R. 6983) by a vote of 376 to 47. Rep. Becerra voted for the bill. H.R. 6983 is designed to end discrimination against patients seeking. treatment for mental illnesses. Specifically, the bill prohibits insurers and group health ...
Mental Health Breaks
On 9/23/08, the House passed the Mental Health Parity Act (HR 6983, introduced by Rep. Kennedy, D-RI), which will require insurance companies to provide coverage for mental health illnesses, that is equitable to the coverage they ...
Human Resources EYE ON THE ELECTION
Voting 376-47 and 92-3, vote, Congress approves HR 6983, HR 6049 which amends ERISA and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit employer group health plans from adopting mental health treatment limitations, financial requirements, ...
AFSCME LEGISLATIVE REPORT September 29, 2008
The House bill (HR 6983) was passed as a stand-alone bill, but the Senate bill was included in legislation (HR 6049) that would extend expiring tax breaks. The bills do not mandate that group plans provide any mental health coverage. ...
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