[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4295 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4295

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure access to 
         certain drugs and devices under the Medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2020

   Mr. Paul 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 ensure access to 
         certain drugs and devices 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 ``Public Health Emergency Pass-Through 
Payment Fairness Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING ACCESS TO CERTAIN DRUGS AND DEVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1833(t)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(t)(6)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(K) Authority to extend pass-through time 
                period.--The Secretary may extend the limited period of 
                pass-through payment and associated categories 
                described under subparagraphs (B) and (C) during an 
                emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), 
                and the period during which such an emergency extension 
                is in effect shall not be counted for purposes of 
                calculating the period during which pass-through status 
                is in effect under such subparagraphs after the 
                emergency period expires.''.
    (b) Implementation.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
implement the amendment made by subsection (a) by interim final rule, 
program instructions, or otherwise.
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