H.R.1367 - Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 Sponsor: Patrick Kennedy / 110th Congress

Title
110th Congress - To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans. hidemore...
Summary
To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans. (by CRS)
Status
The bill has been introduced.

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Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 by Lynn Fang, Jun 12, 2008 (4:21pm)

HR 1367 was introduced in order to close certain loopholes in the 1996 Mental Health Parity Act that allowed insurance companies to restrict mental health services. This bill requires equality in coverage access for both mental and physical treatment. Mental health still experiences a negative stigma in our society today; one step towards eliminating this stigma is to offer affordable mental health services that are comparable to physical treatment. Provision of better mental health services can help to prevent and/or learn more about suicides, as well as the many public shootings we have witnessed in the past decade. This is an important bill towards the improvement of our collective mental well-being as a society.

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