[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 237 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 237

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse 
  practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation 
 requirement under the Medicare program for coverage of certain shoes 
                     for individuals with diabetes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 28, 2019

Mr. Brown (for himself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse 
  practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation 
 requirement under the Medicare program for coverage of certain shoes 
                     for individuals with diabetes.

    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 ``Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TO 
              SATISFY MEDICARE DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT FOR COVERAGE 
              OF CERTAIN SHOES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DIABETES.

    Section 1861(s)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x(s)(12)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, nurse 
        practitioner, or physician assistant'' after ``physician''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, nurse 
        practitioner, or physician assistant'' after each occurrence of 
        ``physician''.
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