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An Act relative to mental health parity implementation

Filed by Cindy F. Friedman  ·  17 cosponsors  ·  191st General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S588  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1493

11 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2019-01-22SenateReferred to the committee on Financial Services
2019-01-22HouseHouse concurred
2019-05-29JointHearing scheduled for 06/06/2019 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1
2019-05-30JointHearing rescheduled to 06/06/2019 from 11:00 AM-03:00 PM in 222
2019-09-19SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2019-12-02SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2020-02-06SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2519
2020-02-06SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2020-02-06SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 13, 2020
2020-02-13SenateRead second
2020-02-13SenateNew draft substituted, see S2519

1 of these was struck from the record by the clerk and shown ruled through, because a struck line is part of what the record says happened.

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act addressing barriers to care for mental healthSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2020-02-06 10:35  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 17

no action · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2019-06-06Financial Services (J)222, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableFinancial Services (J)
FavorableHealth Care Financing (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.