Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Parity Passes

FYI - long awaited action...

The U.S. House of Representatives has just voted to pass the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 that includes the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. The effective date is January 1, 2009. The roll call vote (263 yea-171 nay) will be posted at http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll681.xml.

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