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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 296 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare ben... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Improving care planning for Medicare home health services

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Section 1814(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395f(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (2)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist who is working in collaboration with a physician in accordance with State law, a certified nurse-midwife (as defined in section 1861(gg)) as authorized by State law, or a physician assistant (as defined in section 1861(aa)(5)) under the supervision of a physician after 1866(j) ; and in subparagraph (C)— by inserting , a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant (as the case may be) after physician the first 2 times it appears; and by striking , and, in the case of a certification made by a physician and all that follows through face-to-face encounter and inserting , and, in the case of a certification made by a physician after January 1, 2010, or by a nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant (as the case may be) after January 1, 2020, prior to making such certification the physician, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant must document that the physician, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant has had a face-to-face encounter ; in the second sentence, by inserting certified nurse-midwife, after clinical nurse specialist, ; in the third sentence— by striking physician certification and inserting certification ; by inserting (or on January 1, 2020, in the case of regulations to implement the amendments made by section 2 of the after Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2019 ) 1981 ; and by striking a physician who and inserting a physician, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant who ; and in the fourth sentence, by inserting , nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant after physician .
Section 1835(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395n(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (2)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are defined in 1861(aa)(5)) who is working in collaboration with a physician in accordance with State law, a certified nurse-midwife (as defined in section 1861(gg)) as authorized by State law, or a physician assistant (as defined in section 1861(aa)(5)) under the supervision of a physician after 1866(j) ; and in subparagraph (A)— in each of clauses
(ii)and
(iii)of subparagraph
(A)by inserting , a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant (as the case may be) after physician ; and in clause (iv), by striking after January 1, 2010 and all that follows through face-to-face encounter and inserting made by a physician after January 1, 2010, or by a nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant (as the case may be) after January 1, 2020, prior to making such certification the physician, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant must document that the physician, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant has had a face-to-face encounter ; in the third sentence, by inserting , nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant (as the case may be) after physician; in the fourth sentence— by striking physician certification and inserting certification ; by inserting (or on January 1, 2020, in the case of regulations to implement the amendments made by section 2 of the after Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2019 ) 1981 ; and by striking a physician who and inserting a physician, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant who ; and in the fifth sentence, by inserting , nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant after physician . Section 1861(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(m) ) is amended— in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by inserting , a nurse practitioner or a clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are defined in subsection (aa)(5)), a certified nurse-midwife (as defined in section 1861(gg)), or a physician assistant (as defined in subsection (aa)(5)) after physician the first place it appears; and by inserting , a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant after physician the second place it appears; and in paragraph (3), by inserting , a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant after physician . Section 1861(o)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(o)(2) ) is amended— by inserting , nurse practitioners or clinical nurse specialists (as those terms are defined in subsection (aa)(5)), certified nurse-midwives (as defined in section 1861(gg)), or physician assistants (as defined in subsection (aa)(5)) after physicians ; and by inserting , nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, physician assistant, after physician . Section 1895 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395fff ) is amended— in subsection (c)(1), by inserting , the nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are defined in section 1861(aa)(5)), the certified nurse-midwife (as defined in section 1861(gg)), or the physician assistant (as defined in section 1861(aa)(5)), after physician ; and in subsection (e)— in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting , a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are defined in section 1861(aa)(5)), a certified nurse-midwife (as defined in section 1861(gg)), or a physician assistant (as defined in section 1861(aa)(5)) after physician ; and in paragraph (2)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Physician certification ; and Rule of construction regarding requirement for certification by striking physician . The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2020.
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