119-s2831

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2831 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2831

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for 
 certain fall prevention items under the Medicare program.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 17 (legislative day, September 16), 2025

 Mr. King 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 provide coverage for 
 certain fall prevention items under the Medicare program.

 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 ``Stand Strong for Medicare Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN FALL PREVENTION ITEMS UNDER THE 
 MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--

    (1) Coverage.--

Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 
 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended--
        (A) in subsection

    (n) --
            (i) by striking ``and wheelchairs'' and 
 inserting ``wheelchairs''; and
            (ii) by inserting ``, and fall prevention 
 items (as defined in subsection

    (nnn) )'' after 
 ``may prescribe)''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following new 
 subsection:
 ``

    (nnn) Fall Prevention Items.--The term `fall prevention items' 
includes grab bars, non-slip mats, shower chairs, bed rails, and such 
other items or categories of items as the Secretary may specify.''.

    (2) Exclusion modification.--

Section 1862

    (a)

    (1) of the 
 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y

    (a)

    (1) ) is amended--
        (A) in subparagraph
        (O) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in subparagraph
        (P) , by striking the semicolon 
 and inserting ``, and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new 
 subparagraph:
 ``
        (Q) in the case of fall prevention items (as defined in 
 

section 1861

    (nnn) ), which are not furnished pursuant to an 
 order of a physician or practitioner (as described in 

section 1842

    (b)

    (18)
            (C) );''.

    (b) Exemption From Sequestration.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, payments for fall prevention items (as defined in 

section 1861

    (nnn) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection

    (a) ) under the Medicare program shall not be subject to any reduction 
under a sequestration issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
or any other provision law.
            (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection

    (a) shall 
apply beginning 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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