II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1347 To amend title 10, United States Code, to waive cost-sharing under the TRICARE program for three mental health outpatient visits per year for certain beneficiaries, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 27, 2023 Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. CRAMER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to waive cost-sharing under the TRICARE program for three mental health outpatient visits per year for certain beneficiaries, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Families Men- 4 tal Health Services Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1347.IS S1347 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1347 IS SEC. 2. WAIVER OF COST-SHARING FOR THREE MENTAL 1 HEALTH OUTPATIENT VISITS FOR CERTAIN 2 BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE TRICARE PRO- 3 GRAM. 4 (a) TRICARE SELECT.—Section 1075(c) of title 10, 5 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 6 following new paragraph: 7 ‘‘(4) Consistent with other provisions of this 8 chapter and subject to requirements to be prescribed 9 by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive cost-shar- 10 ing requirements for the first three outpatient men- 11 tal health visits each year of any of the following 12 beneficiaries: 13 ‘‘(A) Beneficiaries in the active-duty family 14 member category. 15 ‘‘(B) Beneficiaries covered by section 16 1110b of this title.’’. 17 (b) TRICARE PRIME.—Section 1075a(a) of such 18 title is amended by adding at the end the following new 19 paragraph: 20 ‘‘(4) Consistent with other provisions of this 21 chapter and subject to requirements to be prescribed 22 by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive cost-shar- 23 ing requirements for the first three outpatient men- 24 tal health visits each year of a beneficiary in the ac- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1347.IS S1347 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1347 IS tive-duty family member category (as described in 1 section 1075(b)(1)(A) of this title).’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1347.IS S1347 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS