Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Title XVIII of the Act is classified generally to subchapter XVIII (§ 1395 et seq.) of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Parts A and B of title XVIII of the Act are classified generally to part A (§ 1395c et seq.) and part B (§ 1395j et seq.), respectively, of subchapter XVIII of chapter 7 of Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.

1993—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103–66, § 11003(a)(1), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpars. (B) and (C).

Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 103–66, § 11003(a)(2), inserted cl. (i) designation and added cl. (ii).

Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 103–66, § 11003(a)(3), added par. (4).

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–378 substituted “this subsection” for “this section” in pars. (3) and (4) and in last sentence.

1990—Pub. L. 101–508 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Section 11003(b) of Pub. L. 103–66 provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to contract years beginning on or after January 1, 1995.”

Section 7002(f)(2) of Pub. L. 101–508 provided that: “The amendments made by this subsection [amending this section] shall apply with respect to contract years beginning on or after January 1, 1992.”

Pub. L. 99–251, title I, § 107, Feb. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 16, provided that:

“(a) Findings.—The Congress finds that—

“(1) the treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, and drug addiction are basic health care services which are needed by approximately 40,000,000 Americans each year;

“(2) treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, and drug addiction is increasingly successful;

“(3) timely and appropriate treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, and drug addiction is cost effective in terms of restored productivity, reduced utilization of other health services, and reduced social dependence; and

“(4) mental illness is a problem of grave concern to the people of the United States and is widely but unnecessarily feared and misunderstood.

“(b) Sense of the Congress.—It is the sense of the Congress—

“(1) that participants in the Federal employees health benefits program should receive adequate benefits coverage for treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, and drug addiction; and

“(2) that the Office of Personnel Management should encourage participating health benefits plans to provide adequate benefits relating to treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, and drug addiction (including benefits relating to coverage for inpatient and outpatient treatment and catastrophic protection benefits).”