Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 800 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 17 (legislative day, MARCH 16), 2021 Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) 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 permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement under the Medicare pro- gram for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Access to 4 Diabetic Shoes Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:34 Apr 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S800.IS S800 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 800 IS SEC. 2. PERMITTING NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSI- 1 CIAN ASSISTANTS TO SATISFY MEDICARE 2 DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT FOR COV- 3 ERAGE OF CERTAIN SHOES FOR INDIVIDUALS 4 WITH DIABETES. 5 Section 1861(s)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 6 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(12)) is amended— 7 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, nurse 8 practitioner, or physician assistant’’ after ‘‘physi- 9 cian’’; and 10 (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, nurse 11 practitioner, or physician assistant’’ after each oc- 12 currence of ‘‘physician’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:34 Apr 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S800.IS S800 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS