[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5434 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5434

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate 
  discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services 
                      under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 10, 2000

 Mrs. Roukema introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate 
  discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services 
                      under the Medicare Program.

    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 ``Medicare Mental Illness 
Nondiscrimination Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATORY COPAYMENT RATES FOR MEDICARE 
              OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES.

    Section 1833 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is 
amended by striking subsection (c).
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