[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 935 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 935

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt mental health 
  services furnished to an individual who is a resident of a nursing 
  facility from the limitation on the amount of incurred expenses for 
 mental health services that may be taken into account in determining 
 the amount of payment for such services under part B of the medicare 
                                program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 11 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

  Mr. Chafee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt mental health 
  services furnished to an individual who is a resident of a nursing 
  facility from the limitation on the amount of incurred expenses for 
 mental health services that may be taken into account in determining 
 the amount of payment for such services under part B of the medicare 
                                program.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM LIMITATION ON INCURRED EXPENSES FOR MENTAL 
              HEALTH SERVICES UNDER MEDICARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
              FURNISHED TO NURSING HOME RESIDENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1833(c) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(c)) is amended by inserting after ``hospital'' the 
following: ``or a resident of a nursing facility (as defined in section 
1919(a))''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to expenses for mental health services incurred in calendar years 
beginning with 1994.

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