3.0.0 486 2023-01-15T22:18:41Z 2023-01-15T22:18:41Z Senate S S 2003-02-27 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-02-27T23:34:21Z Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2003 108 1832 S 2004-05-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5730, S5731, S5732-5733) Related bill CRS 2003-02-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2972-2973) IntroReferral 2003-02-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2971-2972) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-02-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-02-27 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2003-02-27 True D000596 Sen. 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[R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2003-11-13 False C000077 Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] BEN CAMPBELL R CO NIGHTHORSE 2004-03-25 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2004-09-10 False Health Access to health care Alcoholism Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Coinsurance Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Health insurance Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Managed care Medical economics Mental health services Quality of care Small business Standards Health 00 2003-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Exempts specified small employers from such requirements.

Requires that, in the case of a group health plan that offers a participant or beneficiary two or more benefit package options, the coverage requirements shall be applied separately with respect to each such option.

Provides that, in the case of a plan or insurance providing in-network mental health benefits, out-of-network mental health benefits need not be provided at parity to medical-surgical benefits, as long as in-network mental health benefits are provided at parity with medical-surgical benefits and the plan or insurance provides reasonable access to in-network providers and facilities.

Requires a General Accounting Office study of such requirements' effects upon health insurance costs, access, and quality and a cost estimation of extending such requirements to the treatment of substance abuse and chemical dependency.]]>

Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2003 Display Title Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for equal coverage of mental health benefits with respect to health insurance coverage unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-02-27T05:00:00Z 2003-02-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2972-2973) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.