[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4627 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4627

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize coverage 
of post-mastectomy water-resistant coverings if they are determined to 
 be consistent with clinical protocol or medically necessary to reduce 
             the risk of infection, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2014

   Mr. Posey (for himself and Ms. Wasserman Schultz) 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 authorize coverage 
of post-mastectomy water-resistant coverings if they are determined to 
 be consistent with clinical protocol or medically necessary to reduce 
             the risk of infection, 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 ``Post-Mastectomy Infection Risk 
Reduction Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF POST-MASTECTOMY WATER-RESISTANT COVERINGS 
              IF THEY ARE DETERMINED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH MEDICAL 
              PROTOCOL OR MEDICALLY NECESSARY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF 
              INFECTION.

    Section 1861(n) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(n)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``Such term includes a 
post-mastectomy water-resistant covering insofar as the Secretary 
determines that such a covering is consistent with clinical protocol or 
is medically necessary to reduce the risk of infection after a 
mastectomy.''.
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