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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for certain fall prevention items under the Medicare program.
Summary
This bill would amend the Medicare program to provide coverage for certain fall prevention items when prescribed by a physician or practitioner. The covered fall prevention items include grab bars, non-slip mats, shower chairs, bed rails, and other similar items as specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The bill excludes coverage for fall prevention items that are not furnished pursuant to a physician's or practitioner's order. The bill also exempts payments for fall prevention items from sequestration or automatic budget cuts under federal deficit reduction laws. The amendments would take effect 60 days after the bill's enactment.
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- Sep 17, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Sep 17, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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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
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. <all>
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