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S. 4076 119th Congress Senate

Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare Program.

Introduced: March 12, 2026 Introduced by: Bill Cassidy Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 12, 2026
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026

This bill removes the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under Medicare.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4076: Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4076/
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"S. 4076: Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4076/.
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S. 4076, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4076/.
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