[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2633 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2633

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for 
 wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 17, 2019

Mr. Blumenthal 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 provide coverage for 
 wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, 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. PROVIDING COVERAGE FOR WIGS AS DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 
              UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1861(n) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(n)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Such term 
also includes cranial prostheses furnished to an individual, but only 
where the dermatologist, oncologist, or attending physician of the 
individual certifies in writing the medical necessity of such 
prostheses as part of a proposed course of rehabilitative treatment.''.
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