Notes on 5 U.S.C. § 8904 : US Code - Notes
Search Notes on 5 U.S.C. § 8904 : US Code - Notes
(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 603; Pub. L. 101-508,
title VII, Sec. 7002(f)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-330; Pub.
L. 102-378, Sec. 2(76), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1355; Pub. L. 103-
66, title XI, Sec. 11003(a), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 409.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Derivation U.S. Code Revised Statutes and
Statutes at Large
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5 U.S.C. 3004. Sept. 28, 1959, Pub. L.
86-382, Sec. 5, 73 Stat.
712.
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Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions
applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface
to the report.
REFERENCES IN TEXT
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 (Sec. 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 (Sec. 1395c et seq.) and part B (Sec. 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.
AMENDMENTS
1993 - Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 11003(a)(1),
designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpars.
(B) and (C).
Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 11003(a)(2), inserted cl.
(i) designation and added cl. (ii).
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 103-66, Sec. 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).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1993 AMENDMENT
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."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT
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."
MENTAL HEALTH, ALCOHOLISM, AND DRUG ADDICTION BENEFITS;
CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS
Pub. L. 99-251, title I, Sec. 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)."