Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

HB 1617 Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

US Congress 115th Congress

Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act
HB-1617


About HB-1617

Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.

  

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Introduced 03/23/2017

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Referred To The Subcommittee On Health.

03/24/2017

Introduced In House

03/17/2017

Referred To The Committee On Energy And Commerce, And In Addition To The Committee On Ways And Means, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned.

03/17/2017

Referred To House Energy And Commerce

03/17/2017

Referred To House Ways And Means

03/17/2017