Bush promotes mental health bill

TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2002

President Bush on Monday supported legislation to require insurance companies to include coverage for mental illnesses.

The legislation is being pushed by Sens. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and Paul Wellstone (D-Wis.). Domenici has a daughter who suffers from schizophrenia.

Bush talked of the bill at the University of New Mexico. While in the state, he helped raise $500,000 for Republican candidates.

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