[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2951 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2951

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include vision 
    restoration therapy devices and associated software used in the 
patient's home to treat impaired visual function due to acquired brain 
  injury within the definition of durable medical equipment under the 
                           Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2009

Mrs. McCarthy of New York (for herself and Mr. Grayson) 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 include vision 
    restoration therapy devices and associated software used in the 
patient's home to treat impaired visual function due to acquired brain 
  injury within the definition of durable medical equipment under the 
                           Medicare Program.

    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 ``Restorative and Enhanced Vision 
Access for Medicare Patients (REVAMP) Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF VISION RESTORATION THERAPY DEVICES AND 
              ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE AS DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(n) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(n)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' before ``includes''; and
            (2) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``, 
        and includes vision restoration therapy devices and associated 
        software that are used in the patient's home and that have been 
        cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the 
        treatment of impaired visual function''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to items furnished on or after January 1, 2010.
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