[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4113 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4113

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the practice by 
    mental health care providers of using bounty hunters to attract 
                        patients for treatment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 1994

  Mr. Bryant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the practice by 
    mental health care providers of using bounty hunters to attract 
                        patients for treatment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mental Health Care Providers Bounty 
Prevention Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. TITLE 18 AMENDMENT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 89 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1822. Mental health care provider bounties prohibited
    ``(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully solicits or receives any 
remuneration (including any kickback, bribe, or rebate) directly or 
indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind--
            ``(1) in return for referring an individual to a mental 
        health care provider for the furnishing or arranging for the 
        furnishing of any item or service; or
            ``(2) in return for purchasing leasing, ordering, or 
        arranging for or recommending purchasing, leasing, or ordering 
        any good, facility, or service, or item from a mental health 
        care provider;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or 
both.
    ``(b) Whoever knowingly and willfully offers or pays any 
remuneration (including any kickback, bribe, or rebate) directly or 
indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind--
            ``(1) to refer an individual to a mental health care 
        provider for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of 
        any item or service; or
            ``(2) to purchase, lease, order, or arrange for or 
        recommend purchasing, leasing, or ordering any good, facility, 
        or service, or item from a mental health care provider;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or 
both.
    ``(c) Any conduct which under section 1128B(b)(3) of the Social 
Security Act is precluded from being a violation of that section is not 
a violation of this section.
    ``(d) As used in this section, the term `mental health care 
provider' means any provider of goods or services for the diagnosis and 
treatment of mental illness, if the provider operates in or affects 
interstate or foreign commerce.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 89 of title 18, United States Code, is amending by adding at 
the end the following:

``1822. Mental health care provider bounties prohibited.''.

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