Seniors’ Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2021

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4755 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4755

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove cost-sharing 
    responsibilities for chronic care management services under the 
                           Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2021

  Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Duncan) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
  Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove cost-sharing 
    responsibilities for chronic care management services under the 
                           Medicare program.

    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 ``Seniors' Chronic Care Management 
Improvement Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING COST-SHARING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHRONIC CARE 
              MANAGEMENT SERVICES UNDER PART B OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1833 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (CC), by striking ``and'' at 
                the end; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (DD), by inserting before the 
                semicolon at the end the following: ``and (EE) with 
                respect to chronic care management services (as 
                described in section 1848(b)(8)) furnished on or after 
                January 1, 2022, the amount paid shall be an amount 
                equal to 100 percent of the lesser of the actual charge 
                for such services or the amount determined under such 
                section;''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence--
                    (A) in paragraph (11), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end; and
                    (B) in paragraph (12), by inserting before the 
                period at the end the following: ``, and (13) such 
                deductible shall not apply with respect to chronic care 
                management services (as described in section 
                1848(b)(8)) furnished on or after January 1, 2022''.
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