[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1768 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1768

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception 
to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between 
  two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is 
ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed 
                                Forces.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 11, 2007

 Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Lott, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception 
to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between 
  two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is 
ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed 
                                Forces.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO 60-DAY LIMIT ON MEDICARE RECIPROCAL BILLING 
              ARRANGEMENTS IN CASE OF PHYSICIANS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY 
              IN THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1842(b)(6)(D)(iii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)(D)(iii)) is amended by inserting after ``of 
more than 60 days'' the following: ``or are provided over a longer 
continuous period during all of which the first physician has been 
called or ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of 
the Armed Forces''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of 
this section.
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