[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 616 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 616

 To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
 for an exemption of pharmacies and pharmacists from certain Medicare 
accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies 
                       to certain professionals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2009

Mr. Berry (for himself, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. 
 Jones, Mr. Paul, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mrs. Emerson, and Mr. Wexler) 
 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 part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
 for an exemption of pharmacies and pharmacists from certain Medicare 
accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies 
                       to certain professionals.

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

SECTION 1. APPLICATION TO PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS OF THE ELIGIBLE 
              PROFESSIONAL EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN MEDICARE 
              ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 1834(a)(20)(F)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m(a)(20)(F)(ii)), as added by section 154(b)(1)(A) of the Medicare 
Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
275), is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``pharmacies, and pharmacists,'' after 
        ``eligible professionals (as defined in section 
        1848(k)(3)(B)),''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, pharmacies, pharmacists,'' after 
        ``such professionals'' each place it appears.
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