Hyperlawhypertext legal databasebeta An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces.

PL-110-54 An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces. US

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Preamble

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1 — EXCEPTION TO 60-DAY LIMIT ON MEDICARE RECIPROCAL

BILLING ARRANGEMENTS IN CASE OF PHYSICIANS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) In General.--Section 1842(b)(6)(D)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)(D)(iii)) is amended by inserting after ``of more than 60 days'' the following: ``or are provided (before January 1, 2008) over a longer continuous period during all of which the first physician has been called or ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this section.

Approved August 3, 2007.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2429 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 153 (2007): May 23, considered and passed House. July 24, considered and passed Senate.

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