S.Amdt. 5689

SA 5689. Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Cramer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 706. WAIVER OF COST-SHARING FOR THREE MENTAL HEALTH OUTPATIENT VISITS UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM.

(a) TRICARE Select.--Section 1075(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(4) Consistent with other provisions of this chapter and under requirements to be prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive cost-sharing requirements for the first three outpatient mental health visits of a beneficiary each year.”.

(b) TRICARE Prime.--Section 1075a(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(4) Consistent with other provisions of this chapter and under requirements to be prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive cost-sharing requirements for the first three outpatient mental health visits of a beneficiary each year.”.