S.Amdt. 2644

SA 2644. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S.
178, to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims
in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture,
and harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. FREEZE IN MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT FOR HOME PT/INR
MONITORING SERVICES FURNISHED TO INDIVIDUALS ON
WARFARIN THERAPY DURING THE COVID-19 PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY.

(a) In General.--Section 1848(b) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(12) Treatment of home pt/inr monitoring services
furnished to individuals on warfarin therapy.--In the case of
home prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (PT/INR)
monitoring services furnished to an individual on warfarin
therapy (identified as of January 1, 2020, by HCPCS G-codes
G0248 and G0249) during any portion of the emergency period
described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) beginning on or after the
date of the enactment of this paragraph, the payment amount
for such services under the fee schedule established under
this subsection shall be equal to the payment amount for such
services under the fee schedule established for services
furnished during 2019.''.
(b) Exemption From Budget Neutrality.--Section
1848(c)(2)(B)(iv) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395w-4(c)(2)(B)(iv)) is amended--
(1) in subclause (III), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:

``(V) subsection (b)(12) shall not be taken into account in
applying clause (ii)(II) during any portion of the emergency
period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) beginning on or
after the date of the enactment of such subsection.''.

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