,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fgj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october  
#i1 #bjah ,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 
,mr4 ,cassidy1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4        
,roberts1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mr4 ,carper1   
,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,ms4    
,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4 ,cardin1
 and ,ms4 ,collins7 submitted the       
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,health1          
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions       
,,resolution  ,recognizing the tenth    
anniversary of the enactment of the     
,paul ,wellstone and ,pete ,domenici    
,mental ,health ,parity and ,addiction  
,equity ,act of #bjjh4  ,whereas1 on    
,october #c1 #bjjh1 the ,paul ,wellstone
 and ,pete ,domenici ,mental ,health    
,parity and ,addiction ,equity ,act of  
#bjjh 7subtitle ,b of title ,v of       
,public ,law #aaj-cdc7 7referred to in  
this preamble as the 8,,mhpaea07 was    
signed into law2 ,whereas the ,,mhpaea  
ensures that employer-based group health

 plans and group and individual health  
insurance issuers that provide mental   
health or substance use disorder        
coverage do not impose less favorable   
limitations on mental health or         
substance abuse use disorder benefits   
than on medical or surgical benefits2   
,whereas parity protections have been   
found to decrease out-of-pocket costs   
for mental health and substance use     
disorder services2 ,whereas1 according  
to the ,substance ,abuse and ,mental    
,health ,services ,administration1 in   
#bjag1 #ah1bjj1jjj individuals in the   
,united ,states ages #ab and older      
needed substance use treatment but did  
not receive specialty treatment in the  
past year2 ,whereas1 in the ,united     
,states in #bjag1 an estimated #b out of
 #e adults with any mental illness and  
#a_/b of adults with serious mental     
illness who had unmet needs for mental  
health services did not receive         
treatment because those individuals     
could not afford the cost of care2 and  

,whereas parity in insurance coverage   
for behavioral health services          
consistent with the requirements of the 
,,mhpaea can provide access to          
life-saving treatment and services3     
,now1 therefore be it  ,that the        
,senate-- 7#a7 commemorates ,october #c1
 #bjah1 as the tenth anniversary of the 
enactment of the ,paul ,wellstone and   
,pete ,domenici ,mental ,health ,parity 
and ,addiction ,equity ,act of #bjjh    
7subtitle ,b of title ,v of ,public ,law
 #aaj-cdc72  7#b7 declares access to    
behavioral health services a priority2  
and  7#c7 supports enforcement of the   
,paul ,wellstone and ,pete ,domenici    
,mental ,health ,parity and ,addiction  
,equity ,act of #bjjh to protect        
individuals in the ,united ,states who  
are in need of access to insurance      
coverage for behavioral health services4