MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION EQUITY ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 1424), S10234, S10295, S10340, S10386, S10388 [1OC], H10712 [3OC]

———consideration (H. Res. 1014), H1271 [5MR]

Articles and editorials

Reducing the Burden of Depression—Building Villages for Coordinated Care, H1294 [5MR]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 1424): consideration (see H. Res. 1014), H1219 [4MR]

———consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 1525), H10699 [2OC]

Letters

Limit Medicare exception to prohibition on physician referrals for certain physician-owned hospitals: Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, H1270 [5MR]

Provisions: Anna Burger, Service Employees International Union, E364 [12MR]

———Betty Ford, Betty Ford Center, E362 [12MR]

———Brian Canfield, American Counseling Association, E361 [12MR]

———Carolyn B. Robinowitz, American Psychiatric Association, E360 [12MR]

———David L. Shern, Mental Health America (organization), E367 [12MR]

———E. Clarke Ross, Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders (organization), E361 [12MR]

———Federation of American Hospitals, H1270 [5MR], E361 [12MR]

———Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, E364 [12MR]

———Gary D. Maynard, American Correctional Association, E363 [12MR]

———Jerry Reed, Suicide Prevention Action Network USA, E363 [12MR]

———Karen F. Flippo, National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities, E365 [12MR]

———Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., E364 [12MR]

———Lee Grossman, Autism Society of America, E364 [12MR]

———Leona Stucky-Abbott, Listening Sage Associates, E365 [12MR]

———Linda Rosenberg, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, E362 [12MR]

———Marc Lerro, Eating Disorders Coalition, E361 [12MR]

———Mental Health Liaison Group, S9249 [23SE]

———Michael M. Miller, American Society of Addiction Medicine, E362 [12MR]

———Nicholas T. Motu, Hazelden Foundation, E360 [12MR]

———Robert J. Fletcher, National Association for the Dually Diagnosed, E365 [12MR]

———Robert J. Lindsey, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc., E360 [12MR]

———Robert W. Glover, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, E359 [12MR]

———Rosalynn Carter, Carter Center, Inc., S9251 [23SE]

———Susan H. Connors, Brain Injury Association of America, E362 [12MR]

———Vivian Hanson Meehan, National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, E364 [12MR]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 1424, provisions, E365-E367 [12MR]

Organizations supporting S. 558, Mental Health Parity Act, H1265-H1267 [5MR]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 1424), H1307, H1308, H1309 [5MR], H10755 [3OC]

Press releases

American Psychiatric Association Response to Controversy About DSM-IV and Mental Health Parity—March 2008: American Psychiatric Association, E360 [12MR]

Remarks in House

Enact (H.R. 1424), H584-H588 [6FE], H1168 [28FE], H1224, H1274-H1316 [5MR], H8618, H8621, H8624 [23SE], E317, E323, E324, E326 [6MR], E338, E339 [10MR], E353, E356, E357 [11MR], E368, E371 [12MR], E390 [13MR], E992 [21MY]

———consideration (H. Res. 1014), H1259-H1272 [5MR]

———consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1525), H10702-H10710 [3OC]

———motion to recommit, H1308-H1314 [5MR]

———Senate amendments, H10646, H10647, H10648, H10649, H10650, H10652, H10653, H10678, H10679, H10682-H10693 [2OC], H10701, H10702, H10712-H10806, H10816-H10821 [3OC], E2209, E2212 [2OC], E2293, E2296, E2307 [20NO]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, H1308 [5MR]

Health: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information, H1261, H1302, H1306 [5MR]

Health care facilities: maintain access to specialty hospitals under group health plans, H1292 [5MR]

House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H1268 [5MR], H1708 [14MR], H1978 [3AP]

Insurance: allow medical management practices to determine if a treatment is medically necessary, H1302 [5MR]

———establish a Federal definition of medical and surgical benefits that plans must cover, H1302 [5MR]

Medicare: limit exception to prohibition on physician referrals for certain physician-owned hospitals, H1262, H1264, H1267, H1269, H1270, H1298, H1299, H1302, H1303, H1305, H1306 [5MR], H5707 [19JN]

Mental health: clarify use of mental health issues as reasons for coverage of abortions under group health plans, H1295 [5MR]

Veterans: improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces, H1293, H1297 [5MR]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (H.R. 1424), S1568 [5MR], S1717 [6MR], S1781 [7MR], S10188 [30SE], S10190, S10205, S10215-S10284, S10291-S10295, S10328 [1OC], S10407-S10413, S10415, S10429-S10434 [2OC], S10859 [10DE], S10892 [11DE]

———unanimous-consent agreement, S10187 [30SE], S10220 [1OC]

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis, S10252 [1OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1424, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1014) (H. Rept. 110-538), H1219 [4MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1525) (H. Rept. 110-907), H10699 [2OC]

Provisions: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1424) (H. Rept. 110-374), H1219 [4MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Enact (H.R. 1424): consideration (H. Res. 1014), H1259 [5MR]

———motion to recommit, H1308 [5MR]

Statements

Provisions: Executive Office of the President, H1264 [5MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 1014, consideration of H.R. 1424, provisions, H1259 [5MR]

H. Res. 1525, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 1424, provisions, H10702 [3OC]

H.R. 1424, provisions, H1274-H1285 [5MR]