I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1936 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt blood glucose 
self-testing equipment and supplies furnished (regardless of method of 
delivery) by small retail community pharmacies from Medicare competi-
tive acquisition programs and pricing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2011 
Mr. SCHOCK (for himself and Mr. WELCH) 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 provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt 
blood glucose self-testing equipment and supplies fur-
nished (regardless of method of delivery) by small retail 
community pharmacies from Medicare competitive acqui-
sition programs and pricing. 
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 Access to 
Diabetes Supplies Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-TESTING 
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED BY 
SMALL RETAIL COMMUNITY PHARMACIES 
FROM 
MEDICARE 
COMPETITIVE 
ACQUISI-
TION PROGRAMS AND PRICING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1847(a)(7) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–3(a)(7)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) CERTAIN
BLOOD
GLUCOSE
SELF- 
TESTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Blood glucose self- 
testing equipment and supplies furnished 
(regardless of method of delivery) by a re-
tail community pharmacy (as defined in 
section 1927(k)(10)) that is not under 
common ownership with more than 10 
other retail community pharmacies. 
‘‘(ii) BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-TESTING 
EQUIPMENT
AND
SUPPLIES
DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this subparagraph, the 
term ‘blood glucose self-testing equipment 
and supplies’ includes blood glucose mon-
itors, blood-testing strips, lancet devices 
and lancets, and glucose control solutions 
for checking the accuracy of the monitors 
and testing strips.’’. 
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(b) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
COMPETITIVELY
BID 
PRICES.—Section 1834(a)(1)(F)(ii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(1)(F)(ii)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘use information’’ and inserting ‘‘, except in the case 
of blood glucose self-testing equipment and supplies ex-
empt from the programs under section 1847 pursuant to 
subsection (a)(7)(C) of such section, use information’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendment made by subsections (a) 
and (b) shall apply on and after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE
IN
AREAS
WITH
CON-
TRACTS.—If contracts for a competitive acquisition 
area for blood glucose self-testing equipment and 
supplies are (or have been) entered into under a 
competition for which the close of bidding was on or 
before the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply in 
the area on and after the date on which all such 
contracts have expired. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
(A) the term ‘‘close of bidding’’ means the 
final date specified by the Secretary of Health 
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