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Public Opinion Poll Results (April 2000)
Senate Health Policy Committee - May 31, 2006
Testimony of the Mental Health Association in Michigan
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Parity Bills Introduced
Mental health insurance parity bills for the 2009-10 legislative
session have been introduced in the State House. They are House
Bills 4597-4600. The chief sponsors are: Rebekkah Warren (D-Ann
Arbor); Tom Pearce (R-Rockford); Bert Johnson (D-Highland Park);
and Pam Byrnes (D-Chelsea). Each of the four bills has over 40
co-sponsors. The bills have been referred to the House Health
Policy Committee, chaired by Marc Corriveau (D-Northville).
Despite last December's national parity law from Congress, Michigan
still needs to join the other 42 states that have enacted parity
legislation. The new Congressional law exempts all employers with
less than 51 employees, meaning some two million otherwise privately
insured state residents will not have equal protection for mental
health when the Congressional act takes effect in early 2010.
You can get copies of the bills and learn
who all the House co-sponsors are by going to
www.michiganlegislature.org.