Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

Bill: 114-hr-4756
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2016-03-16
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases

Health personnel

Health technology, devices, supplies

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a nurse practitioner to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare,&nbsp;of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4756 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2016 Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Blumenauer ) 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 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse practitioners to satisfy the documentation requirement under the Medicare program for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act . 2. Permitting nurse practitioners to satisfy Medicare documentation requirement for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes Section 1861(s)(12) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(12) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or nurse practitioner after physician ; and (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting or nurse practitioner after each occurrence of physician .