[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1047 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1047

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include, as a home 
    health service, nutritional counseling provided by or under the 
                 supervision of a registered dietitian.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 1993

Mrs. Byrne introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
        the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include, as a home 
    health service, nutritional counseling provided by or under the 
                 supervision of a registered dietitian.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 
1861(m) of the Social Security Act is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6) 
        thereof,
            (2) by inserting ``and'' at the end of clause (B) of 
        paragraph (7) thereof; and
            (3) by adding after clause (7) thereof (but before the 
        phrase beginning with the words ``excluding, however,'') the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(8) nutritional counseling provided by or under the 
        supervision of a registered dietitian;''.
    (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be applicable only 
in the case of services furnished after the month which follows the 
month in which this Act is enacted.

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