United States · Bill · S
S. 853 (108th)
Medicare Mental Health Copayment Equity Act of 2003
Introduced
10 April 2003
Last action
10 April 2003 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
18 August 2025
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.
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Timeline
10 April 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
10 April 2003
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5178-5180)
Source: IntroReferral
10 April 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 10 April 2003 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
- Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/853
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/853
- us · 108-s-853 · source updated 18 August 2025