[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2986 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2986

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the temporary 
 Medicare payment rate floor for primary care services of primary care 
    physicians to nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, 
 physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives under the Medicaid 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2013

Ms. Bonamici (for herself and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the temporary 
 Medicare payment rate floor for primary care services of primary care 
    physicians to nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, 
 physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives under the Medicaid 
                    program, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Protecting Access to Primary Care 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY MEDICARE PAYMENT RATE FLOOR TO PRIMARY 
              CARE SERVICES FURNISHED BY HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS 
              UNDER MEDICAID.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(a)(13)(C) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(13)(C)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or a health care practitioner who is a 
        nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or clinical nurse 
        specialist (as such terms are defined in section 1861(aa)(5)) 
        or a certified nurse midwife (as defined in section 
        1861(gg)(2))'' after ``pediatric medicine''; and
            (2) by striking ``such services and physician'' and 
        inserting ``such services and physician or health care 
        practitioner''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to items and services furnished on or after the first day of the 
first calendar quarter that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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