[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5689. Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Cramer) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 706. WAIVER OF COST-SHARING FOR THREE MENTAL HEALTH 
                   OUTPATIENT VISITS UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM.

       (a) TRICARE Select.--Section 1075(c) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(4) Consistent with other provisions of this chapter and 
     under requirements to be prescribed by the Secretary, the 
     Secretary may waive cost-sharing requirements for the first 
     three outpatient mental health visits of a beneficiary each 
     year.''.
       (b) TRICARE Prime.--Section 1075a(a) of such title is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Consistent with other provisions of this chapter and 
     under requirements to be prescribed by the Secretary, the 
     Secretary may waive cost-sharing requirements for the first 
     three outpatient mental health visits of a beneficiary each 
     year.''.
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