110 HR 4935 IH: Medicare Wound Therapy Patient Protection Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2008-01-15 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4935 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2008 Mr. Gonzalez (for himself, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Burgess) 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 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories from the Medicare competitive acquisition program until the clinical comparability of such products can be validated.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Medicare Wound Therapy Patient Protection Act of 2007.

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Exemption of negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories from the Medicare competitive acquisition program until the clinical comparability of such products can be validated

(a)

In general

Section 1847(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–3(a)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: and excluding negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories until such time as the Secretary can validate, using a panel of wound care clinical experts, the clinical comparability of all products included in the category of such products. (b)

Effective date

The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on March 31, 2008.