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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1523 
To provide for the inclusion of virtual diabetes prevention program suppliers 
in the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Expanded Model, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2025 
Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. CROW, and Ms. SCHRIER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the inclusion of virtual diabetes prevention 
program suppliers in the Medicare Diabetes Prevention 
Program Expanded Model, 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 ‘‘Promoting Responsible 
and Effective Virtual Experiences through Novel Tech-
nology to Deliver Improved Access and Better Engage-
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ment with Tested and Evidence-based Strategies Act’’ or 
the ‘‘PREVENT DIABETES Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF VIRTUAL DIABETES PREVENTION 
PROGRAM SUPPLIERS IN MDPP EXPANDED 
MODEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2026, 
the Secretary shall revise the regulations under parts 410 
and 424 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, to pro-
vide that, for the period beginning January 1, 2026, and 
ending December 31, 2030— 
(1) an entity may participate in the MDPP by 
offering only online MDPP services via synchronous 
or asynchronous technology or telecommunications if 
such entity meets the conditions for enrollment as 
an 
MDPP 
supplier 
(as 
specified 
in 
section 
424.205(b) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or a successor regulation)); 
(2) if an entity participates in the MDPP in the 
manner described in paragraph (1)— 
(A) the administrative location of such en-
tity shall be the address of the entity on file 
under the Diabetes Prevention Recognition Pro-
gram; and 
(B) in the case of online MDPP services 
furnished by such entity to an MDPP bene-
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ficiary who was not located in the same State 
as the entity at the time such services were fur-
nished, the entity shall not be prohibited from 
submitting a claim for payment for such serv-
ices solely by reason of the location of such ben-
eficiary at such time; and 
(3) no limit is applied on the number of times 
an individual may enroll in the MDPP. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MDPP.—The term ‘‘MDPP’’ means the 
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program conducted 
under section 1115A of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1315a), as described in the final rule pub-
lished in the Federal Register entitled ‘‘Medicare 
and Medicaid Programs; CY 2024 Payment Policies 
Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other 
Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; 
Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; 
Medicare Advantage; Medicare and Medicaid Pro-
vider and Supplier Enrollment Policies; and Basic 
Health Program’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 78818 (November 
16, 2023)) (or a successor regulation). 
(2) REGULATORY TERMS.—The terms ‘‘Diabe-
tes Prevention Recognition Program’’, ‘‘full CDC 
DPRP recognition’’, ‘‘MDPP beneficiary’’, ‘‘MDPP 
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services’’, and ‘‘MDPP supplier’’ have the meanings 
given each such term in section 410.79(b) of title 
42, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
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