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Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act
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.
Summary
The bill amends Medicare coverage rules to permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to provide the medical documentation required for Medicare to cover diabetic shoes for individuals with diabetes. Currently, only physicians can satisfy this documentation requirement. The bill expands the qualified professionals who can complete the necessary certification for diabetic shoe coverage under the Medicare program.
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Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA)
Actions (2)
- May 19, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2973-2974) · senate
- May 19, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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
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”. <all>
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