[Congressional Bills 110th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5877 Introduced in House (IH)] 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5877 To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for the shingles vaccine under the Medicare Program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2008 Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Waxman, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Engel, Ms. Solis, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Baird, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Watson, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Hare, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Wexler, and Mrs. Boyda of Kansas) 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for the shingles vaccine 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 ``Shingles Prevention Act''. SEC. 2. ADDITION OF THE SHINGLES VACCINE UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. (a) Shingles Vaccine.--Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended-- (1) in subsection (s)(10)(A), by striking ``pneumococcal vaccine and its administration and,'' and inserting ``pneumococcal vaccine and its administration, shingles vaccine and its administration, and''; and (2) in subsection (ww)(2)(A), by inserting ``shingles,'' after ``influenza,''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to shingles vaccines furnished on or after January 1 of the first year beginning more than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>