WA People
BILL · 1999–00 SESSION

HB 2517: Mental health parity

Establishing mental health parity.

Summary

  • Declares that it is no longer cost-effective to treat persons with mental disorders differently than persons with medical and surgical disorders. The cost to our children, families, businesses, and society as a whole is too high.

From the Bill Digest (HB 2517), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 14, 2000
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Kelli Linville (D-42)
Introduced
January 14, 2000 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2000

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Kelli Linville (D-42)

35 co-sponsors (29 Democrats, 6 Republicans)

Doug Ericksen R-42Shay Schual-Berke D-33Al O'Brien D-1Eileen Cody D-11Lynn Kessler D-24Kip Tokuda D-37Mike Cooper D-21Renee Radcliff R-21Steve Conway D-29Carolyn Edmonds D-32Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37Velma Veloria D-11Maryann Mitchell R-30Ida Ballasiotes R-41Don Carlson R-49Patricia Lantz D-26Dave Schmidt R-44Dave Quall D-40Dow Constantine D-34Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney D-46Jeff Morris D-40John Lovick D-44Val Ogden D-49Laura Ruderman D-45Sandra Romero D-22Ed Murray D-43Debbie Regala D-27Michael Stensen D-31Kathy Haigh D-35Christopher Hurst D-31Alex Wood D-3Karen Keiser D-33Cathy Wolfe D-22Jim McIntire D-46Ruth Kagi D-32

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

HB 2517 in other sessions

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