S.Amdt. 1069

SA 1069. Mrs. LINCOLN sumitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements in the medicare program, to provide prescription drug coverage under the medicare program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 499, after line 20, insert the following:

SEC. __. ELIMINATION OF COST-SHARING FOR BONE MASS MEASUREMENTS.

(a) Elimination of Coinsurance.--

(1) In general.--Section 1833(a)(1)(N) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)(N)) is amended--

(A) by inserting “other than bone mass measurement described in section 1861(s)(15)” after “(as defined in section 1848(j)(3))”; and

(B) by adding after the comma at the end the following: “and in the case of such services consisting of such a bone mass measurement, the amounts paid shall be 100 percent of such payment basis,”.

(2) Elimination of coinsurance in outpatient hospital settings.--The third sentence of section 1866(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting after “1861(s)(10)(A)” the following: “, with respect to bone mass measurement (as defined in section 1861(rr)),”.

(b) Waiver of Deductible.--The first sentence of section 1833(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(b)), as amended by section 432(b), is further amended--

(1) by striking “and” before “(5)”; and

(2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, and (6) such deductible shall not apply with respect to bone mass measurement (as defined in section 1861(rr))”.

(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2004.