II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1484 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 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007.

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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.