ELIMINATION OF INPATIENT DAY LIMITS AND OTHER LIMITS IN PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

SEC. 703. ELIMINATION OF INPATIENT DAY LIMITS AND OTHER LIMITS IN PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (a) Inpatient Day Limits.—Section 1079 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking paragraph (6); and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (17) as paragraphs (6) through (16), respectively; (2) by striking subsection (i); and (3) by redesignating subsections (j) through (q) as subsections (i) through (p), respectively. (b) Waiver of Nonavailability Statement or Preauthorization.—Section 721(a) of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended by striking “(other than mental health services)”. (c) Conforming Amendments.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 1079(e)(7), by striking “subsection (a)(13)” and inserting “subsection (a)(12)”; (2) in section 1086— (A) in subsection (d)(4)(A)(ii), by striking “section 1079(j)(1)” and inserting “section 1079(i)(1)”; and (B) in subsection (g), by striking “Section 1079(j)” and inserting “Section 1079(i)”; and (3) in section 1105(c), by striking “section 1079(a)(7)” and inserting “section 1079(a)(6)”.