[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2805 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2805

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize expansion 
   of the population of Medicare beneficiaries eligible for Medicare 
            coverage of medical nutrition therapy services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2007

   Mr. Becerra (for himself, Mr. Castle, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
  Sessions, Mr. Upton, and Ms. Castor) 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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize expansion 
   of the population of Medicare beneficiaries eligible for Medicare 
            coverage of medical nutrition therapy 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 ``Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy 
Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING EXPANSION OF MEDICARE BENEFICIARY POPULATION 
              ELIGIBLE FOR COVERAGE OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY 
              SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(s)(2)(V) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)(V)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii) as 
        subclauses (I) through (III), respectively, and indenting each 
        such clause an additional 2 ems;
            (2) by striking ``in the case of a beneficiary with 
        diabetes or a renal disease who--'' and inserting the 
        following:
                ``in the case of a beneficiary--
                            ``(i) with diabetes or a renal disease 
                        who--'';
            (3) by adding ``or'' at the end of subclause (III) of 
        clause (i), as so designated; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(ii) who is not described in clause (i) 
                        but who has another disease, condition, or 
                        disorder for which the Secretary has made a 
                        national coverage determination (under section 
                        1869(f)(1)(B)) for the coverage of such 
                        services;''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2008.
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