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Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act
Introduced May 19, 2025 by Sen. Susan M. Collins
IntroducedCommitteeFloorCongressLaw
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Latest action · May 19, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2973-2974)
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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