[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2158 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2158

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare 
  beneficiaries to continue to rent certain items of complex durable 
                           medical equipment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 15, 2007

  Mr. Bayh (for himself and Mr. Lugar) 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 permit Medicare 
  beneficiaries to continue to rent certain items of complex durable 
                           medical equipment.

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

SECTION 1. RENTAL OF COMPLEX DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1834(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395m(a)(7)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(i)(I), by inserting ``or 
        subparagraph (D)'' after ``clause (iii)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Rental option for certain complex durable 
                medical equipment.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding 
                        subparagraph (A), payment for an item of 
                        complex durable medical equipment described in 
                        clause (ii) shall be governed by the rules 
                        applicable for payments for such item under 
                        this subsection as of December 31, 2005.
                            ``(ii) Complex durable medical equipment 
                        defined.--In this subparagraph, the term 
                        `complex durable medical equipment' means an 
                        item of durable medical equipment that is a 
                        Group 3 Support Surface (as such Group is 
                        defined or otherwise recognized by any entity 
                        with which the Secretary has entered into a 
                        contract under section 1842 or 1847A).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to items furnished for which the first rental month occurs on or 
after January 1, 2006.
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