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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1328
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide enhanced reim-
bursement for mammography services under the Medicare Program, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 30, 2001
Mr. HOBSON (for himself, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, and Mr. TAN-
NER) 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
enhanced reimbursement for mammography services
under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare Mammogram
Access Protection Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE MEDI-
CARE 
PROGRAM 
FOR 
SCREENING
MAMMOGRAPHIES FURNISHED IN 2002.
(a) ONE-YEAR DELAY OF INCLUSION OF PAYMENT
FOR SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY
IN PHYSICIAN FEE
SCHEDULE.—Section 104(c) of BIPA (114 Stat. 2763A–
470) is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘January 1, 2003’’.
(b) 
CHANGE
IN
PAYMENT
AMOUNT.—Section
1834(c)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395m(c)(3)(A)) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘$55, IN-
DEXED.—’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’;
(2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(3) in clause (ii)—
(A) by striking ‘‘a subsequent year’’ and
inserting ‘‘1992 through 2001,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘that subsequent year.’’
and inserting ‘‘that year, and’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iii) for screening mammography
performed in 2002, is $90.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) 
BIPA 
AMENDMENT.—The 
amendment
made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if in-
cluded in the enactment of section 104 of BIPA
(114 Stat. 2763A–469).
(2) MAMMOGRAPHY IN 2002.—The amendments
made by subsection (b) shall apply with respect to
screening mammographies furnished during 2002.
(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be
construed as affecting the provisions of section 104(d) of
BIPA (114 Stat. 2763–470) (relating to payment for new
technologies).
(e) REFERENCES
TO BIPA.—In this section, the
term ‘‘BIPA’’ means the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP
Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (Ap-
pendix F, 114 Stat. 2763A–463), as enacted into law by
section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106–554.
SEC. 3. MEDPAC STUDY AND REPORT ON MEDICARE REIM-
BURSEMENT FOR SCREENING SERVICES.
(a) STUDY.—The Medicare Payment Advisory Com-
mission shall conduct a study of the relative value units
established by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices under the medicare physician fee schedule under sec-
tion 1848 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–
4) for screening services that are reimbursed under such
fee schedule.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2002, the
Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the
study conducted under subsection (a), together with such
recommendations regarding the appropriateness of adjust-
ing the relative value units for screening services that are
reimbursed under the physician fee schedule as the Comp-
troller General determines appropriate.
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