[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 153 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 153

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for State 
 accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs under the 
                           medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 23, 2001

   Mr. Hatch 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 provide for State 
 accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs under the 
                           medicare program.

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

SECTION 1. STATE ACCREDITATION OF DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT TRAINING 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 1861(qq)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x(qq)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking 
        ``paragraph (1)--'' and inserting ``paragraph (1):'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``a `certified provider''' and 
                inserting ``A `certified provider'''; and
                    (B) by striking ``; and'' at the end and inserting 
                a period; and
            (3) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by striking ``a physician, or such other 
                individual'' and inserting ``(i) A physician, or such 
                other individual'';
                    (B) by inserting ``(I)'' before ``meets applicable 
                standards'';
                    (C) by inserting ``(II)'' before ``is recognized'';
                    (D) by inserting ``, or by a program described in 
                clause (ii),'' after ``recognized by an organization 
                that represents individuals (including individuals 
                under this title) with diabetes''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following new clause:
            ``(ii) Notwithstanding any reference to `a national 
        accreditation body' in section 1865(b), for purposes of clause 
        (i), a program described in this clause is a program operated 
        by a State for the purposes of accrediting diabetes self-
        management training programs, if the Secretary determines that 
        such State program has established quality standards that meet 
        or exceed the standards established by the Secretary under 
        clause (i) or the standards originally established by the 
        National Diabetes Advisory Board and subsequently revised as 
        described in clause (i).''.
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