Senate Parity Bill Placed on Hold
From the Mental Health America newsletter:
Before the Senate went on summer recess earlier this month, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., announced that insurers, businesses and advocates had reached a compromise on mental health parity legislation and he would try to get the Senate to vote on the bill by unanimous consent, which precludes debate and amendments. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., placed a hold on the bill, which effectively halted the bill’s progress. A DeMint spokesman said that the senator objected to considering the bill by unanimous consent. The new language in the compromise version of the bill would deal largely with state and federal preemption of existing parity laws. (Congressional Quarterly, 8/7/07)
Before the Senate went on summer recess earlier this month, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., announced that insurers, businesses and advocates had reached a compromise on mental health parity legislation and he would try to get the Senate to vote on the bill by unanimous consent, which precludes debate and amendments. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., placed a hold on the bill, which effectively halted the bill’s progress. A DeMint spokesman said that the senator objected to considering the bill by unanimous consent. The new language in the compromise version of the bill would deal largely with state and federal preemption of existing parity laws. (Congressional Quarterly, 8/7/07)
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