[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2429 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2429


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2007

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2007.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.