117 HR 9127 IH: Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act U.S. House of Representatives 2022-10-04 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 9127IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESOctober 4, 2022Mr. Buchanan (for himself and Ms. Barragán) 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 concernedA BILLTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of the national coverage determination process under the Medicare program.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act.

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Clarification on Medicare national coverage determination process

Section 1862(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: For purposes of paragraph (1)(E), in the case of research conducted pursuant to section 1142, the determination of whether a drug or biological is reasonable and necessary to carry out the purposes of section 1142 shall be made with respect to each drug or biological involved and not with respect to a class of drugs or biologicals..