[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6821 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6821

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a 
   disclosure requirement under the Medicare program for physicians 
                    referring for imaging services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2008

  Mrs. McCarthy of New York 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 for a 
   disclosure requirement under the Medicare program for physicians 
                    referring for imaging 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 Imaging Disclosure Sunshine 
Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM FOR 
              PHYSICIANS REFERRING FOR IMAGING SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1877(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395nn(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``Such requirements shall, with respect to magnetic resonance 
imaging, computed tomography, positron emission tomography, and any 
other designated health services specified under subsection (h)(6)(D) 
that the Secretary determines appropriate, include a requirement that 
the referring physician inform the individual in writing at the time of 
the referral that the individual may obtain the services for which the 
individual is being referred from a person other than a person 
described in subparagraph (A)(i) and provide such individual with a 
written list of suppliers (as defined in section 1861(d)) who furnish 
such services in the area in which such individual resides.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to services furnished on or after January 1, 2010.
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