[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6241 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6241

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include vision 
    restoration therapy devices and associated software used in the 
patient's home to treat impaired visual function due to acquired brain 
  injury within the definition of durable medical equipment under the 
                           Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2008

 Mrs. McCarthy of New York (for herself, Mr. Pascrell, and Ms. Corrine 
Brown 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 include vision 
    restoration therapy devices and associated software used in the 
patient's home to treat impaired visual function due to acquired brain 
  injury within the definition of durable medical equipment 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 ``Restorative and Enhanced Vision 
Access for Medicare Patients (REVAMP) Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF VISION RESTORATION THERAPY DEVICES AND 
              ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE AS DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(n) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(n)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' before ``includes''; and
            (2) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``, 
        and includes vision restoration therapy devices and associated 
        software that are used in the patient's home and that have been 
        cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the 
        treatment of impaired visual function''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to items furnished on or after January 1, 2009.
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