[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1083 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1083

  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

                             June 21, 2001

 Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Inouye) 
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 ``Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity 
Act of 2001''.

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

    (a) Exclusion of Clinical Social Worker Services.--
            (1) 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,''.
            (2) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1861(hh)(2) of such Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1395x(hh)(2)) is amended by striking ``and other 
        than services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing 
        facility which the facility is required to provide as a 
        requirement for participation''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply with 
respect to services furnished on or after January 1, 2002.
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