[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4034 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4034

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2023

Mr. McGovern (for himself, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Cleaver, and Mr. Quigley) 
 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 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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