S. 452
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsor
Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Nov 15, 2022
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Bill Type
- S
- Bill Number
- 452
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- Mar 5, 2013
- Policy Area
- Health
- Is Law
- No
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: Senate
Introduced in Senate
Source: Library of Congress
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.
Finance Committee
Introduced in Senate
Mar 5, 2013