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HR 4642 114th Congress House

Diabetic Eye Disease Prevention Act of 2016

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare diabetic eye disease prevention and early treatment demonstration project.

Introduced: February 26, 2016 See on congress.gov
Health Digestive and metabolic diseasesHealth promotion and preventive careHearing, speech, and vision careMedicare
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Mar 4, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 2, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 26, 2016
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.
Feb 26, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 4, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Diabetic Eye Disease Prevention Act of 2016

This bill amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare) to establish a demonstration project through which primary care practices may receive incentives for referring diabetic Medicare beneficiaries to local eye doctors for comprehensive dilated eye exams. The project must test the extent to which these incentives: (1) improve early detection and treatment of diabetes-related vision problems, (2) reduce the cost of Medicare services, and (3) achieve beneficiary satisfaction.

The project shall identify for participation at least 100 primary care practices in at least 10 states that have high per capita costs of diabetes care for Medicare beneficiaries.

Project costs shall be paid from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4642: Diabetic Eye Disease Prevention Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4642/
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"H.R. 4642: Diabetic Eye Disease Prevention Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4642/.
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H.R. 4642, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4642/.
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