119-s1805

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1805 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1805

 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.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 19, 2025

 Ms. Collins (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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 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.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes 
Act''.

SEC. 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''.
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