3.0.0 803 2020-02-10T17:00:20Z 2020-02-10T17:00:20Z Senate S S 2005-04-14 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-14T21:58:13Z Time for Recovery and Equal Access to Treatment in America (TREAT America) Act of 2005 109 1258 HR 2005-09-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8218) Related bill CRS 2005-04-14 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 S3680-3682) IntroReferral 2005-04-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3680) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN N C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2005-04-14 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2005-04-27 False 2005-04-28 D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2005-04-28 False Health Alcoholism Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Coinsurance Commerce Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Health insurance Labor and Employment Small business Health 00 2005-04-14 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-24T14:48:24Z Help Expand Access to Recovery and Treatment Act of 2005 or the HEART Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or group health coverage that provides both medical and surgical benefits and substance abuse benefits from imposing treatment limitations or financial requirements on the substance abuse treatment benefits unless similar limitations or requirements are imposed for medical and surgical benefits. Excludes such requirements for plans and coverage for small employers and for cases in which the application of such requirements results in an increase in the cost under the plan of at least one percent.

Applies such requirements to health insurance coverage offered in the individual market.

]]> HEART Act Short Titles as Introduced HEART Act Short Titles as Introduced Help Expand Access to Recovery and Treatment Act of 2005 Display Title HEART Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide parity with respect to substance abuse treatment benefits under group health plans and health insurance coverage. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s803is/xml/BILLS-109s803is.xml 2005-04-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3680-3682) 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.