H.R.1194: Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 2001

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Bill Summary

Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to provide for parity in the application of treatment limitations and financial requirements to substance abuse treatment benefits under group health plans and individual health insurance coverage.

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Referred to House Ways and Means
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
March 22, 2001

Introduced in the House by James M. Ramstad (R-Minn.)

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