[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 841 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 841

     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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2001

 Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Kerry) 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 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 2001''.

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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