3.0.0 3814 2023-01-12T17:52:24Z 2023-01-12T17:52:24Z Senate S S 2006-08-03 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-08-03T22:40:41Z Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2006 109 5513 HR 2006-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2006-08-03 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2006-08-03 True V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2006-08-03 True D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2006-08-03 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2006-08-03 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2006-09-26 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2006-09-29 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2006-11-13 False Health Medical fees Medical supplies Medicare Oxygen Social Welfare Health 00 2006-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2006-08-29T18:36:59Z Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to restore Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment that existed prior to the enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

Repeals: (1) the limitation of Medicare payment to the supplier for such equipment (including portable oxygen equipment) to 36 months of continuous use; and (2) the requirement that the equipment supplier transfer title to the individual at the end of such period, with payments continuing at specified monthly rates.

]]> Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2006 Display Title Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore the Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment to that in effect before enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3814is/xml/BILLS-109s3814is.xml 2006-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.