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109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1148
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 26, 2005
Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Inouye) 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 direct payment under the medicare program for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity
Act of 2005
.
Permitting direct payment under the medicare program for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities
In general
Section
1888(e)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395yy(e)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting clinical
social worker services,
after qualified psychologist
services,
.
Conforming amendment
Section 1861(hh)(2)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(hh)(2)) is
amended by striking and other than services furnished to an inpatient of
a skilled nursing facility which the facility is required to provide as a
requirement for participation
.
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after the date that regulations relating to payment for physicians’ services for calendar year 2005 take effect, but in no case later than the first day of the third month beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.