1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2019”.
Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare Program.
2. Elimination of 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1), by adding “or” at the end;
in paragraph (2), by striking “; or” at the end and inserting a period; and
by striking paragraph (3); and
in subsection (c), by striking “(but shall not be included” and all that follows before the period at the end.
Effective Date— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2020.