[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1484 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1484

 To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore 
  the Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment to that in 
     effect before enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2007

  Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Salazar, and Mr. Voinovich) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore 
  the Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment to that in 
     effect before enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

    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 ``Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF MEDICARE TREATMENT OF OWNERSHIP OF OXYGEN 
              EQUIPMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1834(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395m(a)(5)), as amended by section 5101(b) of the Deficit 
Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171), is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(E), and (F)'' and 
        inserting ``and (E)''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (F).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall 
apply to individuals receiving oxygen equipment before, on, or after 
December 31, 2005.
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