Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

Bill: 115-hr-1617
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2017-03-17
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases

Health personnel

Health technology, devices, supplies

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a nurse practitioner or physician assistant 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 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1617 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2017 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 and physician assistants 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 and physician assistants 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 , nurse practitioner, or physician assistant after physician ; and (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting , nurse practitioner, or physician assistant after each occurrence of physician .