Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2006

Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to restore Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment that existed prior to the enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

Repeals: (1) the limitation of Medicare payment to the supplier for such equipment (including portable oxygen equipment) to 36 months of continuous use; and (2) the requirement that the equipment supplier transfer title to the individual at the end of such period, with payments continuing at specified monthly rates.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3814 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3814

 To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore 
  the Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment to that in 
     effect before enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2006

Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. DeWine, and Ms. 
   Mikulski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore 
  the Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment to that in 
     effect before enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

    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 ``Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act 
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF MEDICARE TREATMENT OF OWNERSHIP OF OXYGEN 
              EQUIPMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1834(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395m(a)(5)), as amended by section 5101(b) of the Deficit 
Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171), is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(E), and (F)'' and 
        inserting ``and (E)''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (F).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on January 1, 2007, and shall apply to individuals 
receiving oxygen equipment before, on, or after December 31, 2005.
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