[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2829 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2829

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove cost-sharing 
    responsibilities for chronic care management services under the 
                           Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2023

Mr. Duncan (for himself and Ms. DelBene) 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 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove cost-sharing 
    responsibilities for chronic care management 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 ``Chronic Care Management Improvement 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING COST-SHARING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHRONIC CARE 
              MANAGEMENT SERVICES UNDER PART B OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1833 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (GG), by striking ``and'' at 
                the end; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (HH), by inserting before the 
                semicolon at the end the following: ``and (II) with 
                respect to chronic care management services (as 
                described in subsection (b)(8) of section 1848) 
                furnished on or after January 1, 2024, the amount paid 
                shall be an amount equal to 100 percent of the lesser 
                of the actual charge for such services or the amount 
                determined under such section;''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence--
                    (A) in paragraph (12), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end; and
                    (B) in paragraph (13), by inserting before the 
                period at the end the following: ``, and (14) such 
                deductible shall not apply with respect to chronic care 
                management services (as described in section 
                1848(b)(8)) furnished on or after January 1, 2024''.
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