Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

Bill: 117-s-4750
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-08-03
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-08-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act</b></p> <p>This bill specifies that private health insurers may not limit, restrict, or condition benefits for renal dialysis services for individuals with end-stage renal disease as compared to other types of benefits for other medical conditions under Medicare secondary payer rules.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4750 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 3, 2022 Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Cassidy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify and preserve the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act . 2. Clarification and preservation of prohibition under Medicare Section 1862(b)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(1)(C) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by inserting , or that such an individual requires the use of an item or service, before during the 12-month period ; and (2) by adding at the end of the matter following clause (ii), the following new sentence: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a group health plan shall be treated as differentiating in the benefits it provides in violation of clause (ii) if the plan limits, restricts, or conditions the benefits the plan provides for renal dialysis services as compared to the benefits the plan provides for other medical services that are necessary to treat other chronic medical conditions and that are covered under the plan. .