ACCESS TO PSYCHOLOGISTS AND OPTOMETRISTS
UNDER FEDERAL HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2619

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR ACCESS TO ALL DULY LICENSED
PSYCHOLOGISTS AND OPTOMETRISTS WITHOUT PRIOR
REFERRAL IN THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS

COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE

GALE W. MCGEE, Wyoming, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota
ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina
FRANK E. MOSS, Utah

HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii
TED STEVENS, Alaska

HENRY BELLMON, Oklahoma
ROBERT J. DOLE, Kansas

ROD CROWLIE, Staff Director
CLYDE S. DUPONT, Minority Counsel

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CONTENTS

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Opening statement of Chairman McGee...

Text of S. 2619___.

Views of the U.S. Civil Service Commission.......

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF WITNESSES

Laur, Robert, vice president, Federal employee program, Blue Cross-Blue
Shield, accompanied by William Ryan, senior vice president. . .

Tinsley, Thomas A., director, Bureau of Retirement, Insurance and Occu-

pational Health, U.S. Civil Service Commission

McIntyre, Malcolm, manager, government relations, group division, Aetna

Life & Casualty Co., accompanied by Peter J. Connell, Washington

counsel...

Hollon, Dr. James, optometrist, American Optometric Association, accom-

panied by Dean Drulias, Washington office.

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Kohrs, Dr. ElDean, psychologist, Central Wyoming Counseling Center,

Casper, Wyo...

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Muhr, Dr. Raymond, psychologist, Cheyenne, Wyo., and executive direc-

tor, Southeast Wyoming Mental Health Center, Inc..

Williams, Allen V., chairman, Operations Committee, Association for the

Advancement of Psychology . .

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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Hollon, Dr. James, optometrist, American Optometric Association, accom-

panied by Dean Drulias, Washington office.

Kohrs, Dr. ElDean, psychologist, Central Wyoming Counseling Center,

Casper, Wyo‒‒‒‒‒

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Laur, Robert, vice president, Federal employee program, Blue Cross-Blue

Shield, accompanied by William Ryan, senior vice president.

McIntyre, Malcolm, manager, government relations, group division, Aetna

Life & Casualty Co., accompanied by Peter J. Connell, Washington

counsel..

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Muhr, Dr. Raymond, psychologist, Cheyenne, Wyo., and executive direc-

tor, Southeast Wyoming Mental Health Center, Inc..

Tinsley, Thomas A., director, Bureau of Retirement, Insurance and Occu-

pational Health, U.S. Civil Service Commission

Williams, Allen V., chairman, Operations Committee, Association for the

Advancement of Psychology ...

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SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

Ruling of the California Superior Court of Sacramento County-Public

Vision League and Joseph Farrington versus the Travelers Insurance Co..

Findings of the Court of Appeals of New York State..........

Study of the Kennecott Copper Corp. titled "Kennecott is People-Who

Care About Kennecott People Who Need Care." Insight, a program for

troubled people.---.

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Response to questions submitted by the committee to the Association for

the Advancement of Psychology--.

Ethical standards of psychologists.

Accreditation procedures and criteria..

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