S. 558 - Mental Health Parity Act of 2007

Health policy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
Sponsor:
Pete Domenici
Summary:
A bill to provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services. (by CRS)
Status:
The bill was voted on in the Senate on September 18, 2007
Amendments:
1 proposed amendment. 1 accepted. rejected. View amendments
Senate Vote: On Passage

PASSED by voice vote on September 18, 2007.

Other Votes:

Mental Health Parity Act of 2007

S. 558 — 110th 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)
Learn More
at OpenCongress
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
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
Major Actions
Introduced2/12/2007
Referred to Committee
Amendments (1 proposed)
Passed Senate9/18/2007
Bill History
ChamberMotionDateResult
currently selectedSenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.9/18/2007PASSED by voice vote
select this voteSenateAmendment SA 2908 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.9/18/2007PASSED by voice vote
ActionDateDescription
Introduced2/12/2007
2/12/2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Put on a legislative calendar2/14/2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
3/27/2007Committee 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 calendar3/27/2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 93.
4/11/2007By Senator Kennedy from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report. Report No. 110-53.
9/18/2007Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
9/18/2007The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
currently selectedSenate Vote on Passage9/18/2007Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
9/18/2007Amendment SA 2908 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Domenici.
select this voteVote9/18/2007Amendment SA 2908 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
9/19/2007Message on Senate action sent to the House.
9/19/2007Referred 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.
9/19/2007Referred to House Energy and Commerce
9/19/2007Referred to House Education and Labor
9/19/2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
9/19/2007Received in the House.
10/17/2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus
select this voteS. Amdt. 2908Domenici, Pete [R-NM]September 18, 2007Passed by voice vote on September 17, 2007.

In the nature of a substitute.

Show amendment details

Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

$602,855
$3,195,439
$285,984
$100,594
$1,355,422
$6,850
$1,642,985
$1,029,194
$8,219,323
$0
10 Organizations Supported and 0 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
Mental Health Parity Act of 2007: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

10 organizations supported this bill

Aetna
(n.d.). Aetna Statement In Support Of Mental Health Parity Act Of 2007. Retrieved n.d., from .
American Psychiatric Association
(n.d.). 269 Organizations Supporting the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007. Retrieved n.d., from .
Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies
(n.d.). 142 Organizations Supporting the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007. Retrieved n.d., from .
BlueCross BlueShield Association
(n.d.). Letter to the Senate. Retrieved n.d., from .
Families USA
(n.d.). 142 Organizations Supporting the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007. Retrieved n.d., from .
Mental Health America
(n.d.). Policy Alert: Ask your senator to support the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Alliance on Mental Illnesses
(n.d.). ACT NOW to Push for Mental Health Parity!. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Association of Social Workers
(n.d.). Social Workers Support Mental Health Parity Bill. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Recreation and Park Association
(n.d.). 142 Organizations Supporting the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007. Retrieved n.d., from .
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
(n.d.). The Mental Health Parity Act (S. 558). Retrieved n.d., from .

0 organizations opposed this bill

Need proof?

View citations of support and opposition

Anything missing?

Help your colleagues by suggesting an organization that took a position on this vote.
How do you know they have this position? Please include a link to a newspaper article, organization's website, or other source.
Including your e-mail address is optional. We will use it only to contact you about this form. Your address will never appear on this site.

MAPLight.org editors may add this organization after checking the sources you listed above. Thank you for helping to improve our site.

Cancel
Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office on day of vote, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MAPLight.org, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org

Contributions By Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported
$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Akaka, DanielDHI$18,510$0
Alexander, LamarRTN$78,900$0
Allard, WayneRCO$0$0
Barrasso, JohnRWY$33,500$0
Baucus, MaxDMT$164,010$0
Bayh, EvanDIN$79,100$0
Bennett, RobertRUT$23,500$0
Biden, JosephDDE$43,910$0
Bingaman, JeffDNM$62,001$0
Bond, ChristopherRMO$35,900$0
Boxer, BarbaraDCA$284,591$0
Brown, SherrodDOH$132,843$0
Brownback, SamuelRKS$17,450$0
Bunning, JimRKY$51,448$0
Burr, RichardRNC$100,258$0
Byrd, RobertDWV$16,450$0
Cantwell, MariaDWA$232,068$0
Cardin, BenjaminDMD$114,689$0
Carper, ThomasDDE$58,270$0
Casey, RobertDPA$134,885$0
Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$150,250$0
Clinton, HillaryDNY$395,336$0
Coburn, ThomasROK$18,208$0
Cochran, ThadRMS$26,300$0
Coleman, NormRMN$119,545$0
Collins, SusanRME$111,000$0
Conrad, KentDND$64,300$0
Corker, BobRTN$97,225$0
Cornyn, JohnRTX$74,015$0
Craig, LarryRID$6,250$0
Crapo, MichaelRID$29,500$0
DeMint, JimRSC$101,810$0
Dodd, ChristopherDCT$91,406$0
Dole, ElizabethRNC$51,531$0
Domenici, PeteRNM$32,000$0
Dorgan, ByronDND$35,850$0
Durbin, RichardDIL$94,095$0
Ensign, JohnRNV$52,500$0
Enzi, MichaelRWY$75,000$0
Feingold, RussellDWI$72,908$0
Feinstein, DianneDCA$78,650$0
Graham, LindseyRSC$93,357$0
Grassley, CharlesRIA$104,217$0
Gregg, JuddRNH$80,250$0
Hagel, CharlesRNE$2,000$0
Harkin, ThomasDIA$73,715$0
Hatch, OrrinRUT$103,300$0
Hutchison, KayRTX$41,433$0
Inhofe, JamesROK$29,075$0
Inouye, DanielDHI$36,600$0
Isakson, JohnRGA$61,800$0
Johnson, TimDSD$24,300$0
Kennedy, EdwardDMA$112,920$0
Kerry, JohnDMA$55,240$0
Klobuchar, AmyDMN$180,400$0
Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
Kyl, JonRAZ$80,500$0
Landrieu, MaryDLA$64,116$0
Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$49,203$0
Leahy, PatrickDVT$25,650$0
Levin, CarlDMI$94,445$0
Lieberman, JosephICT$215,350$0
Lincoln, BlancheDAR$102,850$0
Lott, TrentRMS$27,000$0
Lugar, RichardRIN$30,000$0
Martinez, MelRFL$99,550$0
McCain, JohnRAZ$46,800$0
McCaskill, ClaireDMO$118,310$0
McConnell, MitchRKY$135,350$0
Menéndez, RobertDNJ$133,960$0
Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$55,550$0
Murkowski, LisaRAK$49,950$0
Murray, PattyDWA$175,704$0
Nelson, BenDNE$139,773$0
Nelson, BillDFL$141,355$0
Obama, BarackDIL$158,513$0
Pryor, MarkDAR$31,150$0
Reed, JohnDRI$35,110$0
Reid, HarryDNV$129,798$0
Roberts, PatRKS$51,800$0
Rockefeller, JohnDWV$128,524$0
Salazar, KenDCO$149,714$0
Sanders, BernardIVT$51,544$0
Schumer, CharlesDNY$91,298$0
Sessions, JeffersonRAL$47,200$0
Shelby, RichardRAL$29,000$0
Smith, GordonROR$132,600$0
Snowe, OlympiaRME$49,650$0
Specter, ArlenDPA$150,950$0
Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$165,826$0
Stevens, TedRAK$13,150$0
Sununu, JohnRNH$54,600$0
Tester, JonDMT$138,677$0
Thune, JohnRSD$35,108$0
Vitter, DavidRLA$40,208$0
Voinovich, GeorgeROH$73,850$0
Warner, JohnRVA$3,000$0
Webb, JimDVA$75,008$0
Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$54,160$0
Wyden, RonDOR$84,900$0

Add Data Filters:

Legislator Filters
Legislator Filters
Show All
NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported
$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Akaka, DanielDHI$18,510$0
Alexander, LamarRTN$78,900$0
Allard, WayneRCO$0$0
Barrasso, JohnRWY$33,500$0
Baucus, MaxDMT$164,010$0
Bayh, EvanDIN$79,100$0
Bennett, RobertRUT$23,500$0
Biden, JosephDDE$43,910$0
Bingaman, JeffDNM$62,001$0
Bond, ChristopherRMO$35,900$0
Boxer, BarbaraDCA$284,591$0
Brown, SherrodDOH$132,843$0
Brownback, SamuelRKS$17,450$0
Bunning, JimRKY$51,448$0
Burr, RichardRNC$100,258$0
Byrd, RobertDWV$16,450$0
Cantwell, MariaDWA$232,068$0
Cardin, BenjaminDMD$114,689$0
Carper, ThomasDDE$58,270$0
Casey, RobertDPA$134,885$0
Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$150,250$0
Clinton, HillaryDNY$395,336$0
Coburn, ThomasROK$18,208$0
Cochran, ThadRMS$26,300$0
Coleman, NormRMN$119,545$0
Collins, SusanRME$111,000$0
Conrad, KentDND$64,300$0
Corker, BobRTN$97,225$0
Cornyn, JohnRTX$74,015$0
Craig, LarryRID$6,250$0
Crapo, MichaelRID$29,500$0
DeMint, JimRSC$101,810$0
Dodd, ChristopherDCT$91,406$0
Dole, ElizabethRNC$51,531$0
Domenici, PeteRNM$32,000$0
Dorgan, ByronDND$35,850$0
Durbin, RichardDIL$94,095$0
Ensign, JohnRNV$52,500$0
Enzi, MichaelRWY$75,000$0
Feingold, RussellDWI$72,908$0
Feinstein, DianneDCA$78,650$0
Graham, LindseyRSC$93,357$0
Grassley, CharlesRIA$104,217$0
Gregg, JuddRNH$80,250$0
Hagel, CharlesRNE$2,000$0
Harkin, ThomasDIA$73,715$0
Hatch, OrrinRUT$103,300$0
Hutchison, KayRTX$41,433$0
Inhofe, JamesROK$29,075$0
Inouye, DanielDHI$36,600$0
Isakson, JohnRGA$61,800$0
Johnson, TimDSD$24,300$0
Kennedy, EdwardDMA$112,920$0
Kerry, JohnDMA$55,240$0
Klobuchar, AmyDMN$180,400$0
Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
Kyl, JonRAZ$80,500$0
Landrieu, MaryDLA$64,116$0
Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$49,203$0
Leahy, PatrickDVT$25,650$0
Levin, CarlDMI$94,445$0
Lieberman, JosephICT$215,350$0
Lincoln, BlancheDAR$102,850$0
Lott, TrentRMS$27,000$0
Lugar, RichardRIN$30,000$0
Martinez, MelRFL$99,550$0
McCain, JohnRAZ$46,800$0
McCaskill, ClaireDMO$118,310$0
McConnell, MitchRKY$135,350$0
Menéndez, RobertDNJ$133,960$0
Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$55,550$0
Murkowski, LisaRAK$49,950$0
Murray, PattyDWA$175,704$0
Nelson, BenDNE$139,773$0
Nelson, BillDFL$141,355$0
Obama, BarackDIL$158,513$0
Pryor, MarkDAR$31,150$0
Reed, JohnDRI$35,110$0
Reid, HarryDNV$129,798$0
Roberts, PatRKS$51,800$0
Rockefeller, JohnDWV$128,524$0
Salazar, KenDCO$149,714$0
Sanders, BernardIVT$51,544$0
Schumer, CharlesDNY$91,298$0
Sessions, JeffersonRAL$47,200$0
Shelby, RichardRAL$29,000$0
Smith, GordonROR$132,600$0
Snowe, OlympiaRME$49,650$0
Specter, ArlenDPA$150,950$0
Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$165,826$0
Stevens, TedRAK$13,150$0
Sununu, JohnRNH$54,600$0
Tester, JonDMT$138,677$0
Thune, JohnRSD$35,108$0
Vitter, DavidRLA$40,208$0
Voinovich, GeorgeROH$73,850$0
Warner, JohnRVA$3,000$0
Webb, JimDVA$75,008$0
Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$54,160$0
Wyden, RonDOR$84,900$0

Interest Groups that supported this bill

$ Donated
Accident & health insurance$3,195,439
Environmental policy$1,642,985
Psychiatrists & psychologists$1,355,422
Retail trade$1,029,194
Welfare & Social Work$602,855
Chambers of commerce$285,984
Mental Health Services$100,594
Consumer groups$6,850

Interest Groups that opposed this bill

$ Donated
Loading…
Date Range of Contributions
Enter a custom date range