[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1328 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1328

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide enhanced 
reimbursement for mammography services under the Medicare Program, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2001

   Mr. Hobson (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, and Mr. 
   Tanner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and 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 enhanced 
reimbursement for mammography services under the Medicare Program, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 Mammogram Access Protection 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM FOR SCREENING 
              MAMMOGRAPHIES FURNISHED IN 2002.

    (a) One-Year Delay of Inclusion of Payment for Screening 
Mammography in Physician Fee Schedule.--Section 104(c) of BIPA (114 
Stat. 2763A-470) is amended by striking ``January 1, 2002'' and 
inserting ``January 1, 2003''.
    (b) Change in Payment Amount.--Section 1834(c)(3)(A) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(c)(3)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``$55, indexed.--'' and 
        inserting ``In general.--'';
            (2) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) by striking ``a subsequent year'' and inserting 
                ``1992 through 2001,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``that subsequent year.'' and 
                inserting ``that year, and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iii) for screening mammography performed 
                        in 2002, is $90.''.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) BIPA amendment.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
        shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 
        104 of BIPA (114 Stat. 2763A-469).
            (2) Mammography in 2002.--The amendments made by subsection 
        (b) shall apply with respect to screening mammographies 
        furnished during 2002.
    (d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as 
affecting the provisions of section 104(d) of BIPA (114 Stat. 2763-470) 
(relating to payment for new technologies).
    (e) References to BIPA.--In this section, the term ``BIPA'' means 
the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection 
Act of 2000 (Appendix F, 114 Stat. 2763A-463), as enacted into law by 
section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106-554.

SEC. 3. MEDPAC STUDY AND REPORT ON MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT FOR SCREENING 
              SERVICES.

    (a) Study.--The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission shall conduct 
a study of the relative value units established by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under the medicare physician fee schedule 
under section 1848 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4) for 
screening services that are reimbursed under such fee schedule.
    (b) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2002, the Commission shall 
submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection 
(a), together with such recommendations regarding the appropriateness 
of adjusting the relative value units for screening services that are 
reimbursed under the physician fee schedule as the Comptroller General 
determines appropriate.
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