3.0.0 1914 2023-01-11T13:38:18Z 2023-01-11T13:38:18Z Senate S 2017-10-04 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-04T16:29:07Z Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 115 1892 HR 2018-02-09 Became Public Law No: 115-123. Related bill CRS Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017 115 3271 HR 2017-12-06 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 329. Related bill CRS 2017-10-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-10-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. N S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2017-10-04 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2017-12-20 False Health Digestive and metabolic diseases Health technology, devices, supplies Medicare Public contracts and procurement Health 00 2017-10-04 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-09T17:31:30Z Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions relating to Medicare's competitive acquisition program (through which rates are set through a competitive bidding program rather than by an established fee schedule) with respect to diabetic testing strips. Specifically, the bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to:

  • use specified data to determine whether a bid satisfies certain requirements related to volume of coverage with respect to such products,
  • reject a bid if the bidder does not demonstrate its ability to furnish such products in a manner consistent with its bid, and
  • establish a process to monitor the extent to which an entity continues to cover the product types included in its bid.

The CMS may terminate a contract if it determines that an entity, for reasons other than product discontinuation, market-wide shortage, or introduction of a newer model, fails to maintain ready access to such products included its bid.

In addition, the bill specifies that an entity furnishing such products to beneficiaries under the program: (1) must furnish to each beneficiary a brand of strips that is compatible with the beneficiary's home blood glucose monitor, (2) may not attempt to influence or incentivize a beneficiary to switch the brand of either type of product, and (3) must contact and receive a request from a beneficiary no more than 14 days prior to dispensing a refill to the beneficiary.

]]> Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017 Display Title Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act in order to strengthen rules in case of competition for diabetic testing strips, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1914is/xml/BILLS-115s1914is.xml 2017-10-04 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.