Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 5, 2013)
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of diabetes prevention program services to an eligible diabetes prevention program individual.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the criteria for a diabetes prevention program in accordance with the standards under the National Diabetes Prevention Program established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Excludes items and services under a diabetes prevention program from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
Includes: (1) items and services under a diabetes prevention programs among federally qualified health center services, (2) rates of referrals of eligible individuals to diabetes prevention programs among the quality measures for covered professional services in the Medicare physician quality reporting system, and (3) an individual's diabetes risk assessment in the individual's Medicare personalized prevention plan.
Expresses the sense of the House that the National Diabetes Prevention Program presents an opportunity for states to reduce the incidence of diabetes among individuals enrolled in their Medicaid programs.
What just happenedMar 12, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 5, 2013
- Mar 12, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 8, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 5, 2013IntroReferralH11100
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.
- Mar 5, 2013IntroReferralH11100
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.
- Mar 5, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House