S. 558 - Mental Health Parity Act of 2007

Mental Health Parity Act of 2007

S. 558 — 110^th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary

A bill to provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services. (by CRS)

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Title

A bill to provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services.

Other Titles

• Mental Health Parity Act of 2007
• Mental Health Parity Act of 2007
• Mental Health Parity Act of 2007

Sponsor

Pete Domenici

Co-Sponsors

• Daniel Inouye
• Amy Klobuchar
• Lamar Alexander
• Robert Menéndez
• Max Baucus
• Jeff Bingaman
• Susan Collins
• Richard Lugar
• Benjamin Cardin
• Edward Kennedy
• Maria Cantwell
• Barbara Boxer
• Joseph Biden
• Lindsey Graham
• Debbie Ann Stabenow
• George Voinovich
• Russell Feingold
• Orrin Hatch
• John Kerry
• Norm Coleman
• Ken Salazar
• Richard Durbin
• Carl Levin
• Charles Schumer
• Herbert Kohl
• Arlen Specter
• Christopher Dodd
• Thomas Carper
• Michael Enzi
• Blanche Lincoln
• Sheldon Whitehouse
• Jim Webb
• Byron Dorgan
• Ben Nelson
• Thomas Harkin
• Thad Cochran
• Robert Bennett
• Pat Roberts
• Sherrod Brown
• Mark Pryor
• Hillary Clinton
• Jim Bunning
• Daniel Akaka
• Joseph Lieberman
• Olympia Snowe
• Claire McCaskill
• Bill Nelson
• Lisa Murkowski
• Barack Obama
• Bob Corker
• Kent Conrad
• Jon Tester
• John Rockefeller
• Tim Johnson
• John Warner
• Gordon Smith
• Frank Lautenberg

Subjects

• Health policy
• Administrative procedure
• Auditing
• Business
• Civil rights
• Congress
• Congressional investigations
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Labor
• Discrimination in medical care
• Employee health benefits
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Federal preemption
• Finance
• Government information
• Government publicity
• Health insurance
• Insurance premiums
• Labor
• Law
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Mental health services
• Ombudsman
• Politics and government
• Small business
• Standards
• State and local government
• State laws

Related Bills

• H.R. 1367 (110^th) : Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007
• H.R. 1424 (110^th) : Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
• H.R. 6983 (110^th) : Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
• H.R. 7202 (110^th) : Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2008
• H.R. 7207 (110^th) : Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2008

Major Actions

Introduced	2/12/2007
Referred to Committee
Amendments (1 proposed)
Passed Senate	9/18/2007

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
currently selected	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.	9/18/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2908 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/18/2007	PASSED by voice vote

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	2/12/2007
		2/12/2007	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
	Put on a legislative calendar	2/14/2007	Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
		3/27/2007	Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
	Put on a legislative calendar	3/27/2007	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 93.
		4/11/2007	By Senator Kennedy from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report. Report No. 110-53.
		9/18/2007	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
		9/18/2007	The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
currently selected	Senate Vote on Passage	9/18/2007	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
		9/18/2007	Amendment SA 2908 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Domenici.
select this vote	Vote	9/18/2007	Amendment SA 2908 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/19/2007	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
		9/19/2007	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
		9/19/2007	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
		9/19/2007	Referred to House Education and Labor
		9/19/2007	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
		9/19/2007	Received in the House.
		10/17/2007	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2908	Domenici, Pete [R-NM]	September 18, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 17, 2007.
	In the nature of a substitute. Show amendment details