[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 1864 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1864

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 26, 1998

 Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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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)) (as added by section 4432(a) of the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997) 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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