[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3229 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3229

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-
   application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex 
              rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2015

  Mr. Zeldin 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 provide for the non-
   application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex 
              rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CLARIFYING NON-APPLICATION OF MEDICARE COMPETITIVE 
              ACQUISITION RATES TO COMPLEX REHABILITATIVE WHEELCHAIRS 
              AND ACCESSORIES.

    Section 1834(a)(1)(F) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m(a)(1)(F)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking at the end ``and'';
            (2) in clause (iii), by striking at the end the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iv) in the case of covered items 
                        furnished on or after January 1, 2016, the 
                        Secretary shall not apply this subparagraph or 
                        any other provision of this title to use 
                        information from the competitive acquisition 
                        program to determine payment amounts for items 
                        excluded from such competitive acquisition 
                        program, including all complex rehabilitative 
                        manual and power wheelchairs classified by the 
                        Secretary as of January 1, 2015, and, without 
                        limitation, any wheelchair accessory, cushion, 
                        or back when furnished in connection with a 
                        complex rehabilitative manual or power 
                        wheelchair.''.
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