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IIB 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2429 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 24, 2007 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 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.

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. Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk.