[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 960 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 960

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand coverage of 
   medical nutrition therapy services under the medicare program for 
              beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2001

  Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
  Daschle, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Ensign, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. 
    Warner) 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 expand coverage of 
   medical nutrition therapy services under the medicare program for 
              beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases.

    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 Medical Nutrition Therapy 
Amendment Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY SERVICES FOR 
              BENEFICIARIES WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(s)(2)(V) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)(V)), as added by subsection (a) of section 105 
of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and 
Protection Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2763A-471), as enacted into law by 
section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106-554, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(V) medical nutrition therapy services (as defined in 
        subsection (vv)(1)) in the case of a beneficiary--
                    ``(i) with a cardiovascular disease (including 
                congestive heart failure, arteriosclerosis, 
                hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and 
                hypercholesterolemia), diabetes, or a renal disease (or 
                a combination of such conditions) who--
                            ``(I) has not received diabetes outpatient 
                        self-management training services within a time 
                        period determined by the Secretary;
                            ``(II) is not receiving maintenance 
                        dialysis for which payment is made under 
                        section 1881; and
                            ``(III) meets such other criteria 
                        determined by the Secretary after consideration 
                        of protocols established by dietitian or 
                        nutrition professional organizations; or
                    ``(ii) with a combination of such conditions who--
                            ``(I) is not described in clause (i) 
                        because of the application of subclause (I) or 
                        (II) of such clause;
                            ``(II) receives such medical nutrition 
                        therapy services in a coordinated manner (as 
                        determined appropriate by the Secretary) with 
                        any services described in such subclauses that 
                        the beneficiary is receiving; and
                            ``(III) meets such other criteria 
                        determined by the Secretary after consideration 
                        of protocols established by dietitian or 
                        nutrition professional organizations;''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of such section 105.
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