The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008

81 organizations filed 81 public comments on The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, at the Employee Benefits Security Administration. The comment window closed 5930d ago.

Abstract

The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity Act of 2008 requires parity between mental health or substance use disorder benefits and medical/surgical benefits with respect to financial requirements and treatment limitations under group health plans and health insurance coverage offered in connection with a group health plan.

Commenters (81)

• 108 International Society for Neurofeedback and Research (Kerson) 05252009trade assoc.

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• 128 American Hospital Association (Pollack) 05262009trade assoc.

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• 130 Association for Applied Psychophyisiology and Biofeedback (Rosenthal) 05262009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 143 Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (DelGrosso) 05262009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 150 American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (Parrino) 05262009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 163 California Coalition for Mental Health (Riemersma) 05272009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 164 Ohio Council of Behavioral Health & Family Services Providers 05272009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 165 Mental Health Association in California (Schroeder) 05272009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 167 Society of Professional Benefit Administrators (Leight) 05272009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 170 Idaho Mental Health Counselor's Association Board (Unruh et al) 05272009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 173 National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts (Martinelli and Previtera) 05272009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 179 Treatment Research Institute (Chalk) 05272009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 180 Harris County Healthcare Alliance (Love) 05272009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 184 The New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies (Wentz) 05272009trade assoc.

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• 188 National Business Coalition on Health (Webber) 05282009trade assoc.

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• 25 Carolina Behavioral Health Alliance (Briggs) 3.3.10trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 250 United States Psychiatric Association (Granahan) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 256 National Association for Children's Behavioral Health (Midman) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 258 Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (Stumph) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 260 Eating Disorders Coalition for Researchtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 262 National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (Rosenberg) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 264 Institute for Researchtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 267 The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (Bussard) 05282009trade assoc.

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• 268 Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Macerelli) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 270 The Parity Implementation Coalition 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 279 National Retail Federation (Trautwein) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 285 Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare (Meikel) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 289 American Psychology Association (Nordal and Bachman) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 297 National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (Glover) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 298 American Bar Association (Fiebach) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 3 Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition (Johnson) 2.15.10trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 301 American Psychiatric Association (Scully) 05282009trade assoc.

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• 303 Pennsylvania Community Providers Association (Kimes) 05282009trade assoc.

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• 305 Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (Greenberg) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 312 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (Handelman) 05282009trade assoc.

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• 321 Coalition for the Homeless (Nortz) 05282009trade assoc.

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• 352 Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (Neblett) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 359 Vermont Department of Bankingunverified attribution

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• 36 Perspectives Ltd (Cahill) 3.31.10unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• 360 New York State Psychiatric Association (Stein) 05282009trade assoc.

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• 361 Society for Human Resource Management (Aitken) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 362 National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (Covall) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 363 Amercan Medical Student Association (Qurashi) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 378 Coalition for Fairness in Mental Illness Coverage 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 38 US Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (Granahan) 4.5.10trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 389 Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (Ashenden) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 390 National Association of Community Health Centers (Schwartz) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 401 California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies (Dahlquist) 06022009trade assoc.

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• 404 The ERISA Industry Committee (Ugoretz) 06152009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 406 California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Atkins and Riemersma) 06252009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 407 California Hospital Association (Kruckenberg and Rigg) 06252009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 43 Chamberlain Marketing Group (Salloum) 4.19.10unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• 62 Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition (Johnson) 05182009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 74 Community Advocates Public Policy Institute (Riemer) 05212009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 8 Carolina Behavioral Health Alliance (Briggs) 05052009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• 9 CCC Systems (Vance) 2.22.10unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. (Autin) 05282009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Friedley) 05282009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Gillespie) 2.24.10unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Hogan) 05282009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Lehman) 06022009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Logue) 4.16.10unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. (Lutjens) 4.23.10unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. (McDonald) 05282009unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. (Mermel) 05282009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Molina) 05282009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Northrup) 05282009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Pankey) 05292009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Rosenberg) 05282009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Shaffer) 05282009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Shifman) 05282009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Steckel) 05282009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Ungar) 05282009unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Upson) 4.20.10unverified attribution

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• Inc. (Whaley) 2.23.10unverified attribution

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• Inc.) (Johnson) 05182009unverified attribution

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• LLC (Mihok) 05272009unverified attribution

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• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)trade assoc.

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• National Retail Federationtrade assoc.

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• the Association for Addiction Professionals and the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (Tuohy and Hunsicker) 05282009trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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