,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djcg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ag1 #bjbe,mr4 
,kennedy of ,new ,york 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,nunn of ,iowa7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to clarify coverage of      
occupational therapy under the ,medicare
 program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,occupational       
,therapy ,mental ,health ,parity ,act4  
#b4 ,clarifying coverage of occupational
 therapy under ,medicare ,not later than
 #a year after the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and
 ,human ,services shall provide         
education and outreach to stakeholders  
about the ,medicare ,benefit ,policy    

,manual with respect to occupational    
therapy services furnished to           
individuals under the ,medicare program 
for the treatment of a substance use or 
mental health disorder diagnosis using  
applicable ,healthcare ,common          
,procedure ,coding ,system 7,,hcpcs7    
codes4