[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3007 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3007

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2007

Mr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
 Stark, Mr. Herger, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Kind, 
   Mr. Fossella, Mr. Gordon of Tennessee, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. 
 Schiff, Mr. Terry, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Poe, Mr. Carney, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
   Sestak, Mr. Fortuno, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Ms. 
Matsui, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Hinojosa, 
Mr. Calvert, and Mr. Miller of Florida) 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 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 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.
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