3.0.0 1131 2023-01-11T13:27:18Z 2023-01-11T13:27:18Z Senate S 2015-04-29 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-29T19:07:36Z Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015 114 2102 HR 2015-05-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-04-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-04-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-04-29 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2015-04-29 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-04-29 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2015-04-29 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-04-29 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-04-29 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-04-29 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-04-29 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2015-04-29 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-04-29 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-05-04 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2016-02-24 False Health Congressional oversight Digestive and metabolic diseases Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Medicaid Medicare Nursing Health 00 2015-04-29 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-22T15:00:06Z Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to provide coverage of diabetes prevention program services to an eligible diabetes prevention program individual.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the criteria for a diabetes prevention program in accordance with the standards under the National Diabetes Prevention Program established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Excludes items and services under a diabetes prevention program from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.

Includes: (1) items and services under a diabetes prevention programs among federally qualified health center services, (2) rates of referrals of eligible individuals to diabetes prevention programs in Medicare quality reporting requirements, and (3) an individual's diabetes risk assessment in the individual's Medicare personalized prevention plan.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the National Diabetes Prevention Program presents an opportunity for states to reduce the incidence of diabetes among individuals enrolled in their Medicaid programs under SSAct title XIX.

]]> Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015 Display Title Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the incidence of diabetes among Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1131is/xml/BILLS-114s1131is.xml 2015-04-29 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.