[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3795 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3795

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a two-
 year moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment reductions for 
                           imaging services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2006

 Mr. Smith (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Isakson, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
  Burr, Mr. Bingaman, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Menendez) 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 a two-
 year moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment reductions for 
                           imaging services.

    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 ``Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. TWO-YEAR MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT 
              REDUCTIONS FOR IMAGING SERVICES.

    (a) Moratorium.--Subsections (b)(4)(A) and (c)(2)(B)(v)(II) of 
section 1848 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4), as added 
by section 5102(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, are each 
amended by striking ``2007'' and inserting ``2009''.
    (b) GAO Study and Report on Imaging Services Furnished Under the 
Medicare Program.--
            (1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
        shall conduct a comprehensive study on imaging services 
        furnished under the Medicare program.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
        Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services a 
        report on the findings and conclusions of the study conducted 
        under paragraph (1) together with recommendations for such 
        legislation and administrative actions as the Comptroller 
        General considers appropriate.
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