Senators Introduce Mental Health Parity Bill of 2003

March 3, 2003 Senators Introduce Mental Health Parity Bill of 2003 Senators Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) launched a new effort to improve access to equal health coverage for the millions of Americans who suffer from mental illnesses on February 27, 2003. The legislation, the Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2003, represents a renewed effort to ensure greater parity in the coverage of mental health benefits. It would prohibit a group health plan from treating mental health benefits differently from the coverage of medical and surgical benefits. It is modeled on the mental health . . .