[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5877 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5877

 To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
     coverage for the shingles vaccine under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2008

 Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Waxman, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. 
Capps, Mr. Engel, Ms. Solis, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Abercrombie, 
  Mr. McDermott, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kagen, Mr. 
 Honda, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Pastor, 
 Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Baird, 
Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Watson, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Corrine Brown 
 of Florida, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Hare, 
   Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Wexler, and Mrs. Boyda of Kansas) 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 part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
     coverage for the shingles vaccine under the Medicare Program.

    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 ``Shingles Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF THE SHINGLES VACCINE UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) Shingles Vaccine.--Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (s)(10)(A), by striking ``pneumococcal 
        vaccine and its administration and,'' and inserting 
        ``pneumococcal vaccine and its administration, shingles vaccine 
        and its administration, and''; and
            (2) in subsection (ww)(2)(A), by inserting ``shingles,'' 
        after ``influenza,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to shingles vaccines furnished on or after January 1 of the first 
year beginning more than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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