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HR 1616 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act

In plain language: Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act This bill allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.

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How it moved.

  1. Feb 26, 2025Referred 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.
  2. Feb 26, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 26, 2025Introduced in House

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