[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 511 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 511

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 2009

  Mr. Brownback (for himself and Mr. Tester) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Durable Medical Equipment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. 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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