[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 520 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 520

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude coverage of 
       advance care planning services under the Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2019

   Mr. King of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Duncan, and Mr. Mooney of West 
  Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, 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 exclude coverage of 
       advance care planning services 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Life Until Natural Death 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF COVERAGE OF ADVANCE CARE PLANNING SERVICES UNDER 
              THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1862(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (24), by striking the ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (25), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (25) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(26) which are advance care planning services, other than 
        under section 1812(a)(5).''.
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