3.0.0 3067 2023-01-11T13:42:09Z 2023-01-11T13:42:09Z Senate S 2018-06-14 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-06-14T16:36:52Z Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act 115 1617 HR 2017-03-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2018-06-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-06-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2018-06-14 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2018-06-27 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2018-08-01 False Health Digestive and metabolic diseases Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Medicare Health 00 2018-06-14 Introduced in Senate 2018-07-13T17:32:24Z Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

This bill allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.

]]> Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act Display Title Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement under the Medicare program for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act Introduced in Senate 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3067is/xml/BILLS-115s3067is.xml 2018-06-14 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.