[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2144 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2144

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply Medicare 
   competitive bidding to vacuum erection systems and to require the 
  Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a national mail 
                    order program for such devices.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 2014

Mrs. McCaskill introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply Medicare 
   competitive bidding to vacuum erection systems and to require the 
  Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a national mail 
                    order program for such devices.

    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 ``Preventing Unnecessary Medicare 
Payments (PUMP) Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF MEDICARE COMPETITIVE BIDDING TO VACUUM ERECTION 
              SYSTEMS AND REQUIRING A NATIONAL MAIL ORDER PROGRAM FOR 
              SUCH DEVICES.

    (a) Inclusion in Program.--Section 1847(a)(2) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-3(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Vacuum erection systems.--Vacuum erection 
                systems covered as prosthetic devices described in 
                section 1861(s)(8) for which payment would otherwise be 
                made under section 1834(h).''.
    (b) National Mail Order Program.--Section 1847(a)(1)(D) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-3(a)(1)(D)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iv) National mail order program for 
                        vacuum erection systems.--The Secretary shall 
                        phase in a national mail order program under 
                        this section for vacuum erection systems 
                        described in paragraph (2)(D). The first round 
                        of competition for such program shall occur in 
                        2016, with contracts taking effect after the 
                        competition is completed. Chapter 35 of title 
                        44, United States Code (commonly referred to as 
                        the `Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995') shall 
                        not apply to the first round competition for 
                        such program.''.
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