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Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act
Introduced Feb 26, 2025 by Rep. Darin LaHood
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Latest action · Feb 26, 2025
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.
What it does
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
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