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House Roll Call 1258, 104th Congress · August 1, 1996

Health Coverage Availability and Affordability Act — H.R.3103 BY ARCHER (R-TX) -- HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996 (PUB. L. 104-191, APPROVED 8/21/96) (HOUSE REJECTED THE STARK MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE, TO MODIFY SECTION 305 OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH INSURANCE PARITY SO AS TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE INSURANCE WHILE MINIMIZING ANY IMPACT ON THE COST OR AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, AND TO PRODUCE A CONFERENCE REPORT WHICH CONFINES ITSELF TO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BILL AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND PASSED BY THE SENATE.)

Question before the chamber: Recommit conference report with instructions

198 yea · 228 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat182 yea · 12 nay
Republican15 yea · 216 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3103 ↗

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Policy area: Health — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.90): Motion with instructions sought to incorporate mental health parity, expanding coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (198)

Nay (228)

Not voting or present (7)

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