Employee Retirement Preservation Act

Bill: 109-hr-4579
Sponsor: Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Mental health services
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2006 mental health parity provisions, which require group health plans to treat equally mental health benefits and medical and surgical benefits for purposes of lifetime limits or annual limits on benefits covered by the plan.

action_date: 2005-12-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2006 mental health parity provisions, which require group health plans to treat equally mental health benefits and medical and surgical benefits for purposes of lifetime limits or annual limits on benefits covered by the plan.

action_date: 2005-12-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2006 mental health parity provisions, which require group health plans to treat equally mental health benefits and medical and surgical benefits for purposes of lifetime limits or annual limits on benefits covered by the plan.

action_date: 2005-12-30
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2006 mental health parity provisions, which require group health plans to treat equally mental health benefits and medical and surgical benefits for purposes of lifetime limits or annual limits on benefits covered by the plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-12-30
text: Became Public Law No: 109-151.
action_date: 2005-12-30
text: Became Public Law No: 109-151.
action_date: 2005-12-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2005-12-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2005-12-28
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2005-12-28
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14420)
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14420)
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H12125)
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H12125)
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4579.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H12125-12128)
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Mr. Boehner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 109-151