Sec. 709. GAO study on coverage of mental health services under TRICARE program and relationship to certain mental health parity laws
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— conduct a study to describe— coverage of mental health services under the TRICARE program; any limits on such coverage that are not also imposed on health services other than mental health services under the TRICARE program; and the efforts of the Department of Defense to align coverage of mental health services under the TRICARE program with coverage requirements under mental health parity laws; and submit to the Secretary of Defense, the congressional defense committees, and (with respect to any findings concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy), the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing the findings of such study.
In this section: The term mental health parity laws means— section 2726 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–26 ); section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1185a ); section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ( 26 U.S.C. 9812 ); or any other Federal law that applies the requirements under any of the sections described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), or requirements that are substantially similar to those provided under any such section, as determined by the Comptroller General.
The term TRICARE program has the meaning given such term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
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GAO study on coverage of mental health services under TRICARE program and relationship to certain mental health parity laws
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