[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3570 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3570

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude clinical 
social worker services from coverage under the Medicare skilled nursing 
                  facility prospective payment system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 1998

Mr. Stark (for himself, Mr. Leach, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Towns, Mr. Hilliard, 
  Mr. Frost, and Mr. Torres) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Commerce, 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 exclude clinical 
social worker services from coverage under the Medicare skilled nursing 
                  facility prospective payment system.

    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 Social Work Equity Act of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUDING CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER SERVICES FROM COVERAGE UNDER 
              THE MEDICARE SKILLED NURSING FACILITY PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT 
              SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1888(e)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395yy(e)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting ``clinical 
social worker services,'' after ``qualified psychologist services,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply as if included in the enactment of section 4432(a) of the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
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