House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick Kennedy D-RIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 2008
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 23, 2008 · 376–47
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2008 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6983.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.1424, which became Public Law 110-343 on 10/3/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6983, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6983
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), John Dingell (D-MI), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Pete Stark (D-CA), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick Kennedy.
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- H.Res. 978 (110th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of March 3-7, 2008, as "School Social Work Week" to promote awareness of the vital role…
- H.R. 3123 (110th) To extend the designation of Liberia under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act so that Liberians can continue to be…
- H.R. 1367 (110th) Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007
- H.R. 3334 (110th) SMA Treatment Acceleration Act
- H.Con.Res. 367 (110th) Expressing support for designation of the period beginning on June 9, 2008, and ending on June 13, 2008, as "National Health Information…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.