Government
House panel approves parity bill
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Nov. 5, 2007
The House Energy & Commerce Committee adopted the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 in October after fending off Republican attempts to scale back the bill to resemble the more-limited Senate mental health parity bill. The committee adopted the measure 32-13. The bill, which has 272 co-sponsors, next heads to the House floor. It would require a wider scope of coverage and out-of-network coverage in certain situations than the Senate version, which the Senate adopted unanimously on Sept. 18.
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