Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 237 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 JANUARY 28, 2019 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 02:45 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S237.IS S237 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 237 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 02:45 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S237.IS S237 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS