Breast Cancer Recovery Improvement Act

Breast Cancer Recovery Improvement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) to require payment for post-mastectomy external breast prosthesis garments regardless of whether such items are supplied to the beneficiary before or after the mastectomy or other breast cancer surgical procedure.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop policies to ensure appropriate beneficiary access and utilization safeguards for such items.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2510 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2510

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for timely 
            access to post-mastectomy items under Medicare.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2011

Ms. Sutton (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Gene Green of Texas) 
 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 provide for timely 
            access to post-mastectomy items under Medicare.

    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 ``Breast Cancer Recovery Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TIMELY ACCESS TO POST-MASTECTOMY ITEMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1834(h)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395m) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (I); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(H) Special payment rule for post-mastectomy 
                external breast prosthesis garments.--Payment for post-
                mastectomy external breast prosthesis garments shall be 
                made regardless of whether such items are supplied to 
                the beneficiary prior to or after the mastectomy 
                procedure or other breast cancer surgical procedure. 
                The Secretary shall develop policies to ensure 
                appropriate beneficiary access and utilization 
                safeguards for such items supplied to a beneficiary 
                prior to the mastectomy or other breast cancer surgical 
                procedure.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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