Medicare Mental Health Copayment Equity Act of 2005
Official title: A bill 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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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Medicare Mental Health Copayment Equity Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide, by a gradual increase in the percentage of expenses considered incurred expenses, for a gradual reduction (from 50% to the standard 20%) by 2011 of copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services under the Medicare program.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1152: Medicare Mental Health Copayment Equity Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1152/
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