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H.R. 1258 · 109th Congress

TREAT America bill

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 109th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

JRR RamstadSponsor
37 cosponsors · 34 D, 3 R

Time for Recovery and Equal Access to Treatment in America (TREAT America) Act of 2005 - 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…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 10, 2005

Time for Recovery and Equal Access to Treatment in America (TREAT America) Act of 2005 - 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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Time for Recovery and Equal Access to Treatment in America (TREAT America) Act of 2005

Latest action (Sep 21, 2005): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8218)

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 10, 2005

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No recorded floor vote found.