[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1416 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1416

 To repeal the reduction in Medicare payment for therapeutic shoes and 
 inserts for individuals with diabetes effected by section 627 of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2005

Mrs. McCarthy 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 repeal the reduction in Medicare payment for therapeutic shoes and 
 inserts for individuals with diabetes effected by section 627 of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

    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 Diabetic Footwear Quality 
Restoration Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE REDUCTION IN MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR ORTHOPEDIC 
              SHOES AND INSERTS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DIABETES.

    (a) In General.--Section 627(c) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173) is 
amended by inserting ``, and before January 1, 2006'' after ``January 
1, 2005''.
    (b) Conforming Law.--For items furnished on and after January 1, 
2006, the provisions of sections 1833(o), 1834(h)(4)(C), and 1842(s)(2) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(o), 1395m(h)(4)(C), 
1395u(s)(2)) shall be restored as if the amendments made by subsections 
(a) and (b) of section 627 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173) had not 
been enacted.
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