[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1762 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1762

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
  of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy under part B of the 
                           Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 1997

  Mr. Ensign introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
  of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy under part B of the 
                           Medicare Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Coverage of Infectious 
Diseases Therapy Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF OUTPATIENT PARENTERAL ANTIMICROBIAL 
              THERAPY.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraphs (N) and 
        (O), and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (O) the following new 
        subparagraph:
            ``(P) an antimicrobial which is administered to a patient 
        parenterally; and''.
    (b) Practice Guidelines.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in consultation with medical specialty societies and other 
health organizations with expertise in the treatment of infectious 
diseases, shall establish practice guidelines for the appropriate use 
of antimicrobials described in section 1861(s)(2)(P) of the Social 
Security Act.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply to 
antimicrobials administered on or after January 1, 1998.
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