Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement under the Medic… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement under the Medicare program for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes.
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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.
Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act
This bill allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requirements may be satisfied only by a physician.
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- MASON CONSULTING, LLC
- MASON CONSULTING, LLC
- AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS
- WHEAT SHROYER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC
- WHEAT SHROYER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Education, Dept of
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1616: Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1616/
"H.R. 1616: Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1616/.
H.R. 1616, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1616/.
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