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[H.R. 2429 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2429

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven


                                 An Act


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception 
to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between 
   two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is 
 ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed 
                                 Forces.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO 60-DAY LIMIT ON MEDICARE RECIPROCAL BILLING 
ARRANGEMENTS IN CASE OF PHYSICIANS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMED 
FORCES.
    (a) In General.--Section 1842(b)(6)(D)(iii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)(D)(iii)) is amended by inserting after ``of 
more than 60 days'' the following: ``or are provided (before January 1, 
2008) over a longer continuous period during all of which the first 
physician has been called or ordered to active duty as a member of a 
reserve component of the Armed Forces''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of 
this section.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.