US Congress Senate Bill 1468 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: Introduced on August 2 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize state-licensed or -registered health care professionals who are certified diabetes educators in an outpatient setting as authorized providers of Medicare diabetes outpatient self-management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Directs the Comptroller General to study the barriers that exist for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes in accessing diabetes self-management training services under the Medicare program. Directs the Director of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a series of recommendations on effective outreach methods to educate primary care physicians and the public about the benefits of diabetes self-management training.

Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2011

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB2787 (Same As) 2011-08-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1468/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1468/BILLS-112s1468is.pdf