[110th Congress Public Law 54]
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Public Law 110-54
110th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception 
to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between 
   two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is 
 ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed 
             Forces. <<NOTE: Aug. 3, 2007 -  [H.R. 2429]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO 60-DAY LIMIT ON MEDICARE RECIPROCAL 
                              BILLING ARRANGEMENTS IN CASE OF 
                              PHYSICIANS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN 
                              THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1842(b)(6)(D)(iii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)(D)(iii)) is amended by inserting after ``of 
more than 60 days'' the following: ``or are provided (before January 1, 
2008) over a longer continuous period during all of which the first 
physician has been called or ordered to active duty as a member of a 
reserve component of the Armed Forces''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The <<NOTE: 42 USC 1395u note.>> amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished on or after the date 
of the enactment of this section.

    Approved August 3, 2007.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2429
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 153 (2007):
            May 23, considered and passed House.
            July 24, considered and passed Senate.

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