H.R. 2429 (110th): To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit ...

...on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is ordered to active duty as

110th Congress, 2007–2009. Text as of Jul 25, 2007 (Passed Congress/Enrolled Bill).

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H.R.2429

One Hundred Tenth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,

the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven

An Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces.

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

SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO 60-DAY LIMIT ON MEDICARE RECIPROCAL BILLING ARRANGEMENTS IN CASE OF PHYSICIANS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General- Section 1842(b)(6)(D)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)(D)(iii)) is amended by inserting after `of more than 60 days' the following: `or are provided (before January 1, 2008) over a longer continuous period during all of which the first physician has been called or ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces'.

    (b) Effective Date- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this section.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.