118 HR 5074 IH: Kidney Patient Access to Technologically Innovative and Essential Nephrology Treatments Act of 2023 U.S. House of Representatives 2023-07-28 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5074IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 28, 2023Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Kuster, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, and Ms. Sewell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concernedA BILLTo amend the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to delay implementation of the inclusion of oral-only ESRD-related drugs in the Medicare ESRD prospective payment system.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Kidney Patient Access to Technologically Innovative and Essential Nephrology Treatments Act of 2023 or the Kidney PATIENT Act of 2023.

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Delay of implementation of oral-only policy under Medicare ESRD prospective payment system

Section 632(b) of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (42 U.S.C. 1395rr note) is amended—(1)in the heading, by striking Two-year; and(2)in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by striking may not implement and all that follows through January 1, 2025. and inserting shall not implement the policy under section 413.174(f)(6) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to oral-only ESRD-related drugs in the ESRD prospective payment system) to incorporate the payment for oral drugs indicated for the reduction, management, or control of the serum phosphate of an individual, until the earlier of January 1, 2033, or such time as an intravenous drug indicated for the reduction, management, or control of the serum phosphate of an individual has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration..