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Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

Official title: 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.

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What This Bill Does

This bill allows 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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Bill on Congress.govWeb Page ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Timeline

  1. Library of CongressIntroduced in Senate
  2. SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2973-2974)
  3. Introduced
  4. Committee

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