A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under the medicaid program.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians in order to cover their services under the Medicaid program.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 440 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 440

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as 
   physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under the 
                           medicaid program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 17, 2005

  Mr. Bunning (for himself 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 title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as 
   physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under the 
                           medicaid program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCLUDING PODIATRISTS AS PHYSICIANS UNDER THE MEDICAID 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1905(a)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(5)(A)) is amended by striking ``section 
1861(r)(1)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 
1861(r)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2006.
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