[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1213 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1213

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that the 
Medicare initial preventive physical examination not be required for a 
  referral with respect to ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic 
  aneurysms and to provide for such screening with respect to at-risk 
         Medicare beneficiaries between the ages of 65 and 75.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2009

 Mr. Gene Green of Texas (for himself, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
Sessions, Mr. Ortiz, and Mrs. Bono Mack) 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 that the 
Medicare initial preventive physical examination not be required for a 
  referral with respect to ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic 
  aneurysms and to provide for such screening with respect to at-risk 
         Medicare beneficiaries between the ages of 65 and 75.

    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 ``Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms 
Very Efficiently Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF ULTRASOUND SCREENING FOR ABDOMINAL AORTIC 
              ANEURYSMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (s)(2)(AA), by amending clause (i) to 
        read as follows:
                            ``(i) who is at least 65 years of age and 
                        not greater than 75 years of age;''; and
            (2) in subsection (ww)(2), by striking subparagraph (L) and 
        redesignating subparagraphs (M) and (N) as subparagraphs (L) 
        and (M), respectively.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2010.
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