[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1592 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1592

To clarify coverage of occupational therapy under the Medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 2023

Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To clarify coverage of occupational therapy 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 ``Occupational Therapy Mental Health 
Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFYING COVERAGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY UNDER MEDICARE.

     Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide education and 
outreach to stakeholders about the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual with 
respect to occupational therapy services furnished to individuals under 
the Medicare program for the treatment of a substance use or mental 
health disorder diagnosis using applicable Healthcare Common Procedure 
Coding System (HCPCS) codes.
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