H.R. 4848 — 110th Congress
To extend for one year parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, and for other purposes.
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Latest action
Feb 8, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
CRS summary
As of Feb 7, 2008Passed House amended
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act to extend until December 31, 2008, mental health parity provisions, which require group health plans to treat equally mental health benefits and medical and surgical benefits for purposes of lifetime limits or annual limits on benefits covered by the plan.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to take all necessary steps to participate in the Federal Payment Levy Program as soon as possible and ensure that: (1) at least 50% of all payments under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) are processed through such program within one year after enactment of this Act; (2) at least 75% of all such payments are processed through such program within two years; and (3) all such payments are processed through such program by September 30, 2011.
Requires the Financial Management Service and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide assistance to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ensure that all payments are included in the Federal Payment Levy Program by the deadlines specified.
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offset Medicare payments by the amount of the payee's delinquent federal debt.
Requires the Secretary of HHS to provide for specified expenditures from the Physician Assistance and Quality Initiative Fund for payment for physicians' services.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer specified funds from general revenues to Social Security trust funds to ensure that assets of such trust funds are not reduced as a result of enactment of this Act.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordFeb 7, 2008 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Full roll call192 of 429 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 384: 120 D · 91 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| RAMSTAD, James | MN |
| DAVIS, David | TN |
| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| CASTLE, Michael Newbold | DE |
| WELLER, Gerald C. | IL |
| BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner | MD |
| BOREN, Daniel David | OK |
| CHANDLER, A. B. | KY |
| CARDOZA, Dennis A. | CA |
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| ALLEN, Thomas H. | ME |
| PETERSON, John | PA |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| LEWIS, Charles Jeremy | CA |
| DRAKE, Thelma D. | VA |
| PUTNAM, Adam | FL |
| FOSSELLA, Vito John | NY |
| MCCRERY, James O., III | LA |
| LAHOOD, Ray H. | IL |
| LaTOURETTE, Steven C. | OH |
| SESTAK, Joe | PA |
| FALLIN, Mary | OK |
| ALEXANDER, Rodney | LA |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| AKIN, W. Todd | MO |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| LINDER, John Elmer | GA |
| RENZI, Rick | AZ |
| KLEIN, Ron | FL |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| MOORE, Dennis | KS |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| BUYER, Stephen Earle | IN |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| SHULER, Heath | NC |
| HARE, Phil | IL |
| WEXLER, Robert | FL |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| BILBRAY, Brian P. | CA |
| RICHARDSON, Laura | CA |
| JOHNSON, Timothy V. | IL |
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| HOBSON, David Lee | OH |
| MAHONEY, Tim | FL |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| HALL, John | NY |
| WATSON, Diane Edith | CA |
| WILSON, Charlie | OH |
| LAMPSON, Nicholas V. | TX |
| KUHL, John R. (Randy), Jr. | NY |
| KAGEN, Steven | WI |
| TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane | CA |
| ELLSWORTH, Brad | IN |
| TANCREDO, Thomas G. | CO |
| SOUDER, Mark Edward | IN |
| SHAYS, Christopher H. | CT |
| DAVIS, Thomas M., III | VA |
| KELLER, Richard | FL |
| REYNOLDS, Thomas M. | NY |
| BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr. | SC |
| INGLIS, Robert Durden | SC |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| BIGGERT, Judy Borg | IL |
| HOOLEY, Darlene | OR |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| McCOTTER, Thaddeus George | MI |
| MUSGRAVE, Marilyn N | CO |
| MILLER, Brad | NC |
| FERGUSON, Michael | NJ |
| TAYLOR, Gary Eugene | MS |
| SULLIVAN, John | OK |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| WILSON, Heather | NM |
| SOLIS, Hilda L. | CA |
| KNOLLENBERG, Joseph | MI |
| RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D. | TX |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| BEAN, Melissa L. | IL |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| SALAZAR, John | CO |
| MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr. | PA |
| SCHMIDT, Jean | OH |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| McHUGH, John Michael | NY |
| DREIER, David Timothy | CA |
| HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea | NY |
| BERKLEY, Shelley | NV |
| HARMAN, Jane L. | CA |
| HERSETH SANDLIN, Stephanie | SD |
| GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas | MD |
| MARSHALL, Jim | GA |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| DAVIS, Artur | AL |
| CANTOR, Eric | VA |
| REHBERG, Denny | MT |
| BARRETT, James Gresham | SC |
| SPACE, Zack | OH |
| BACA, Joe | CA |
| MURPHY, Patrick | PA |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| INSLEE, Jay Robert | WA |
| PLATTS, Todd | PA |
| STEARNS, Clifford Bundy | FL |
| SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV | MO |
| WU, David | OR |
| ABERCROMBIE, Neil | HI |
| BOYDA, Nancy | KS |
| CUBIN, Barbara L. | WY |
| HULSHOF, Kenny | MO |
| REGULA, Ralph Straus | OH |
| PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr. | MS |
| DAVIS, Lincoln | TN |
| GOODE, Virgil H., Jr. | VA |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| SUTTON, Betty | OH |
| LEWIS, Ron | KY |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| ROSS, Michael Avery | AR |
| WAMP, Zachary Paul | TN |
| CARNAHAN, Russ | MO |
| MEEK, Kendrick B. | FL |
| POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III | ND |
| ALTMIRE, Jason | PA |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| ETHERIDGE, Bobby R. | NC |
| STUPAK, Bart T. | MI |
| FEENEY, Tom | FL |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| KANJORSKI, Paul E. | PA |
| SNYDER, Victor F. | AR |
| MYRICK, Sue | NC |
| JEFFERSON, William Jennings | LA |
| LUNGREN, Daniel Edward | CA |
| DEAL, John Nathan | GA |
| MITCHELL, Harry E. | AZ |
| BURTON, Danny Lee | IN |
| ARCURI, Michael | NY |
| WEINER, Anthony D. | NY |
| HODES, Paul | NH |
| ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan | PA |
| JONES, Stephanie Tubbs | OH |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| WALSH, James T. | NY |
| GIFFORDS, Gabrielle | AZ |
| EMANUEL, Rahm | IL |
| BONO, Mary | CA |
| WELDON, David Joseph | FL |
| DAVIS, Geoffrey C. | KY |
| HERGER, Walter William | CA |
| McNULTY, Michael Robert | NY |
| GALLEGLY, Elton W. | CA |
| MELANCON, Charles J. | LA |
| HILL, Baron P. | IN |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| HUNTER, Duncan Lee | CA |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| GONZALEZ, Charles A. | TX |
| BONNER, Jr., Josiah Robins | AL |
| HAYES, Robert Cannon | NC |
| SAXTON, Hugh James | NJ |
| BAIRD, Brian | WA |
| TIAHRT, Todd | KS |
| CARNEY, Chris | PA |
| Ed Pastor | AZ |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | AZ |
| Adam B. Schiff | CA |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| Barbara Lee | CA |
| Brad Sherman | CA |
| Doris O. Matsui | CA |
| George Miller | CA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | CA |
| Henry A. Waxman | CA |
| Jerry McNerney | CA |
| Jim Costa | CA |
| Linda T. Sánchez | CA |
| Lois Capps | CA |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Michael M. Honda | CA |
| Mike Thompson | CA |
| Susan A. Davis | CA |
| Xavier Becerra | CA |
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Diana DeGette | CO |
| Ed Perlmutter | CO |
| Mark Udall | CO |
| Christopher Murphy | CT |
| Joe Courtney | CT |
| John B. Larson | CT |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | FL |
| Kathy Castor | FL |
| David Scott | GA |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | GA |
| John Barrow | GA |
| John Lewis | GA |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI |
| Bruce L. Braley | IA |
| David Loebsack | IA |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Daniel Lipinski | IL |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | IL |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| Joe Donnelly | IN |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Michael E. Capuano | MA |
| Niki Tsongas | MA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| Stephen F. Lynch | MA |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| John P. Sarbanes | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| Michael H. Michaud | ME |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| John D. Dingell | MI |
| Sander M. Levin | MI |
| Betty McCollum | MN |
| Collin C. Peterson | MN |
| Keith Ellison | MN |
| Timothy J. Walz | MN |
| Emanuel Cleaver | MO |
| Wm. Lacy Clay | MO |
| Bennie G. Thompson | MS |
| David E. Price | NC |
| G. K. Butterfield | NC |
| Mike McIntyre | NC |
| Carol Shea-Porter | NH |
| Albio Sires | NJ |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Rush Holt | NJ |
| Tom Udall | NM |
| Brian Higgins | NY |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | NY |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Joseph Crowley | NY |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Steve Israel | NY |
| Timothy H. Bishop | NY |
| Yvette D. Clarke | NY |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| Tim Ryan | OH |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Allyson Y. Schwartz | PA |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| Robert A. Brady | PA |
| James R. Langevin | RI |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Jim Cooper | TN |
| Steve Cohen | TN |
| Al Green | TX |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| Gene Green | TX |
| Henry Cuellar | TX |
| Lloyd Doggett | TX |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| Jim Matheson | UT |
| James P. Moran | VA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | VA |
| Peter Welch | VT |
| Jim McDermott | WA |
| Rick Larsen | WA |
| Gwen Moore | WI |
| Ron Kind | WI |
| Nick J. Rahall II | WV |
| Don Young | AK |
| Mike Rogers | AL |
| Robert B. Aderholt | AL |
| Spencer Bachus | AL |
| John Boozman | AR |
| Darrell Issa | CA |
| Devin Nunes | CA |
| Gary G. Miller | CA |
| Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | CA |
| Ken Calvert | CA |
| Kevin McCarthy | CA |
| Ander Crenshaw | FL |
| Gus M. Bilirakis | FL |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL |
| Jeff Miller | FL |
| John L. Mica | FL |
| Mario Diaz-Balart | FL |
| Vern Buchanan | FL |
| Jack Kingston | GA |
| Lynn A. Westmoreland | GA |
| Phil Gingrey | GA |
| Tom Price | GA |
| Tom Latham | IA |
| Michael K. Simpson | ID |
| John Shimkus | IL |
| Mark Kirk | IL |
| Peter J. Roskam | IL |
| Jerry Moran | KS |
| Ed Whitfield | KY |
| Harold Rogers | KY |
| Charles W. Boustany Jr. | LA |
| Candice S. Miller | MI |
| Dave Camp | MI |
| Fred Upton | MI |
| Mike Rogers | MI |
| Tim Walberg | MI |
| John Kline | MN |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
| Sam Graves | MO |
| Howard Coble | NC |
| Patrick T. McHenry | NC |
| Walter B. Jones | NC |
| Adrian Smith | NE |
| Lee Terry | NE |
| Christopher H. Smith | NJ |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | NJ |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ |
| Stevan Pearce | NM |
| Dean Heller | NV |
| Peter T. King | NY |
| John A. Boehner | OH |
| Michael R. Turner | OH |
| Patrick J. Tiberi | OH |
| Robert E. Latta | OH |
| Steve Chabot | OH |
| Frank D. Lucas | OK |
| Tom Cole | OK |
| Greg Walden | OR |
| Bill Shuster | PA |
| Charles W. Dent | PA |
| Jim Gerlach | PA |
| Joseph R. Pitts | PA |
| Tim Murphy | PA |
| Joe Wilson | SC |
| Joe Barton | TX |
| John Abney Culberson | TX |
| John R. Carter | TX |
| K. Michael Conaway | TX |
| Kay Granger | TX |
| Kevin Brady | TX |
| Lamar Smith | TX |
| Louie Gohmert | TX |
| Mac Thornberry | TX |
| Michael C. Burgess | TX |
| Michael T. McCaul | TX |
| Pete Sessions | TX |
| Ralph M. Hall | TX |
| Randy Neugebauer | TX |
| Sam Johnson | TX |
| Rob Bishop | UT |
| Bob Goodlatte | VA |
| Frank R. Wolf | VA |
| J. Randy Forbes | VA |
| Robert J. Wittman | VA |
| Cathy McMorris Rodgers | WA |
| David G. Reichert | WA |
| Doc Hastings | WA |
| F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | WI |
| Paul D. Ryan | WI |
| Thomas E. Petri | WI |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV |
Nay — 23: 15 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| SHADEGG, John B. | AZ |
| DOOLITTLE, John Taylor | CA |
| BROWN-WAITE, Virginia | FL |
| SALI, William | ID |
| PAUL, Ronald Ernest | TX |
| CANNON, Christopher B. | UT |
| MACK, Connie, IV | FL |
| PENCE, Mike | IN |
| Jeff Flake | AZ |
| Trent Franks | AZ |
| Dana Rohrabacher | CA |
| Edward R. Royce | CA |
| John Campbell | CA |
| Doug Lamborn | CO |
| Paul C. Broun | GA |
| Steve King | IA |
| Michele Bachmann | MN |
| Virginia Foxx | NC |
| Scott Garrett | NJ |
| Jim Jordan | OH |
| John J. Duncan, Jr. | TN |
| Jeb Hensarling | TX |
| Ted Poe | TX |
Not Voting — 22: 8 D · 3 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| PORTER, Jon C. | NV |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| MANZULLO, Donald A. | IL |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| LANTOS, Thomas Peter | CA |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| EVERETT, Robert Terry | AL |
| CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. | AL |
| EMERSON, Jo Ann | MO |
| WYNN, Albert Russell | MD |
| PRYCE, Deborah D. | OH |
| Loretta Sanchez | CA |
| Sam Farr | CA |
| John A. Yarmuth | KY |
| C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | MD |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Adam Smith | WA |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI |
| Jeff Fortenberry | NE |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN |
| Kenny Marchant | TX |
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