[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4695 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4695

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add sleep apnea 
  screening to the initial preventive physical examination under the 
                           Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2014

 Mr. Burgess (for himself and Mr. Rush) 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 add sleep apnea 
  screening to the initial preventive physical examination 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. ADDING SLEEP APNEA SCREENING TO THE INITIAL PREVENTIVE 
              PHYSICAL EXAMINATION UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (ww)(2), by adding at the end the 
        following new subparagraph:
            ``(O) Sleep apnea screening (as defined in subsection 
        (iii)).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

                        ``Sleep Apnea Screening

    ``(iii) The term `sleep apnea screening' means, with respect to an 
individual, a determination based upon information that is obtained 
with respect to the individual through an appropriate questionnaire as 
to whether the individual is at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea. 
Such determination shall be evidence-based and shall be made in 
accordance with recognized clinical guidelines or such other guidelines 
as the Secretary determines appropriate in consultation with 
appropriate medical organizations.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply to 
initial preventive physical examinations performed on or after January 
1, 2016.
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