S 853 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Medicare Mental Health Copayment Equity Act of 2003

Introduced Apr 10, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Olympia J. Snowe R-ME

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 10, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 10, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Mental Health Copayment Equity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for a gradual reduction of copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services under the Medicare program (from 50 percent to the standard 20 percent) by 2009.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2003 to Jun 22, 2004, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MA	John F. Kerry	Original	Apr 10, 2003
R-ME	Susan M. Collins		Apr 29, 2003
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman		Jun 23, 2003
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski		Aug 1, 2003
I-VT	James M. Jeffords		Sep 2, 2003
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton		Sep 11, 2003
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin		Sep 25, 2003
D-IA	Tom Harkin		Sep 25, 2003
D-DE	Joseph R. Biden Jr.		Oct 17, 2003
D-NC	John Edwards		Nov 3, 2003
D-HI	Daniel K. Inouye		Jun 22, 2004
D-RI	Jack Reed		Jun 22, 2004
D-MN	Mark Dayton		Jun 22, 2004
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes		Jun 22, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 10, 2003Introduced in Senate
Apr 10, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 10, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5178-5180)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2787	Medicare Mental Health Copayment Equity Act of 2003	Identical bill	Jul 23, 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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