To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories.

Bill: 115-hr-1361
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-02
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories.&nbsp;(A competitive bidding program has replaced the use of&nbsp;established fee schedule&nbsp;amounts to determine payments under Medicare for certain durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs.)</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1361 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 2, 2017 Mr. Zeldin (for himself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mr. Joyce of Ohio , Mr. Latta , Mr. Renacci , Mr. Tiberi , Mr. Loebsack , Mr. Ellison , Mrs. Blackburn , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Higgins of New York , Mr. Young of Iowa , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Kaptur , Ms. Ros-Lehtinen , Mrs. McMorris Rodgers , Mr. Lance , Mrs. Black , Mr. Crowley , and Ms. DeLauro ) 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 provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories.

1. Clarifying non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories Section 1834(a)(1)(F) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(1)(F) ) is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking at the end and ; (2) in clause (iii), by striking at the end the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) in the case of covered items furnished on or after July 1, 2017, the Secretary shall not apply this subparagraph or any other provision of this title to use information from the competitive acquisition program to determine payment amounts for items excluded from such competitive acquisition program, including all complex rehabilitative manual and power wheelchairs classified by the Secretary as of January 1, 2015, and, without limitation, any wheelchair accessory, cushion, or back when furnished in connection with a complex rehabilitative manual or power wheelchair. .