[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1178 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1178

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify payment under 
the Medicare program for outpatient department procedures that utilize 
               drugs as supplies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2015

 Mr. Reed (for himself, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Guthrie, Ms. Linda T. Saanchez 
of California, Mr. Roskam, and Mr. Kind) 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 modify payment under 
the Medicare program for outpatient department procedures that utilize 
               drugs as supplies, 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 ``Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM FOR OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT 
              PROCEDURES THAT UTILIZE DRUGS AS SUPPLIES.

    Section 1833(t)(2)(G) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395l(t)(2)(G)) is amended by striking ``shall'' and all that follows 
and inserting the following: ``shall--
                            ``(i) create additional groups of covered 
                        OPD services that classify separately those 
                        procedures that utilize contrast agents from 
                        those that do not;
                            ``(ii) create and implement, for services 
                        furnished after the date of the enactment of 
                        this clause and in a budget neutral manner, 
                        additional groups of covered OPD services that 
                        classify separately those procedures that 
                        utilize a drug (other than contrast agents, 
                        diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, or anesthesia 
                        drugs) that both--
                                    ``(I) has a cost above the drug 
                                packaging threshold; and
                                    ``(II) functions as a supply when 
                                used in a diagnostic test or procedure;
                        from those that do not; and''.
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