H.R. 7539: Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-07-09 · Health · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 575.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-07-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 575. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act

Plain summary

Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act This bill establishes compliance mechanisms related to the requirements for health insurance plans that cover mental health or substance use disorder services to provide such coverage in a manner consistent with the coverage of other medical and surgical services under their plans.

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Official text

Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] · 6 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 7539, Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act (2020-12-08)

Cosponsors on this site

Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Darren Soto (D-FL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House, Part I)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr7539.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr7539 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116