ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATORY COPAYMENT RATES FOR MEDICARE OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES.

SEC. 102. ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATORY COPAYMENT RATES FOR MEDICARE OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. Section 1833(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(c)) is amended to read as follows:“(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, with respect to expenses incurred in a calendar year in connection with the treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders of an individual who is not an inpatient of a hospital at the time such expenses are incurred, there shall be considered as incurred expenses for purposes of subsections (a) and (b)—“(A) for expenses incurred in years prior to 2010, only 62½ percent of such expenses;“(B) for expenses incurred in 2010 or 2011, only 68¾ percent of such expenses;“(C) for expenses incurred in 2012, only 75 percent of such expenses;“(D) for expenses incurred in 2013, only 81¼ percent of such expenses; and“(E) for expenses incurred in 2014 or any subsequent calendar year, 100 percent of such expenses.“(2) For purposes of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1), the term ‘treatment’ does not include brief office visits (as defined by the Secretary) for the sole purpose of monitoring or changing drug prescriptions used in the treatment of such disorders or partial hospitalization services that are not directly provided by a physician.”.