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<item congress="116" measure-type="hr" measure-number="7539" measure-id="id116hr7539" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2020-07-09" update-date="2021-02-10">
<title>Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hr7539v08" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-02-10">
<action-date>2020-12-24</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to House, Part I</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act<br> </b><br> This bill establishes compliance mechanisms related to the requirements for health insurance plans that cover mental health or substance use disorder services to provide such coverage in a manner consistent with the coverage of other medical and surgical services under their plans.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id116hr7539v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-02-09">
<action-date>2020-07-09</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act<br> </b><br> This bill establishes compliance mechanisms related to the requirements for health insurance plans that cover mental health or substance use disorder services to provide such coverage in a manner consistent with the coverage of other medical and surgical services under their plans.</p>]]></summary-text>
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