Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan Amendments of 1983

Summary

Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan Amendments of 1983 - Requires the Federal employees service benefit health plan and the indemnity benefit plan to include, in addition to all types of benefits currently authorized: (1) nervous and mental disorder benefits; and (2) alcoholism and substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation benefits. Prohibits the Office of Personnel Management from contracting for or approving either such plan or any employee organization plan that does not provide for: (1) 50 outpatient visits and 60 inpatient days of nervous and mental disorder benefits; and (2) two 28-day alcoholism or substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation benefits for individuals who have not previously received such treatment. Provides that limits on nervous and mental disorder benefits under the service benefit plan and the indemnity benefit plan shall be exceeded on a case-by-case basis to the extent determined necessary and appropriate by an established peer review mechanism. Requires a specified percentage of such catastrophic benefits to be paid out of the Employees Health Benefits Fund. Earmarks for such payments whatever funds remain from one percent of all contributions to the Fund after deducting the expenses of administering the Federal employees health benefits program.

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Timeline

1. 7 April 1983

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 7 April 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 15 April 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 7 April 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Andrews, Mark [R-ND-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssga00 · Standing

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