Public Law 110-54

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Public Law 110-54 by the 110th Congress of the United States

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Pub.L. 110−54, 121 Stat. 551, enacted August 3, 2007. Note: This is the original legislation as it was initially enacted. Like many laws, this statute may have since been amended once or many times, and the text contained herein may no longer be legally current. Follow the interlinks within the content or check to see What Links Here for more.

110TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS
1ST SESSION

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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Legislative History

• H.R. 2429
• CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 153 (2007):
  • May 23, considered and passed House.
  • July 24, considered and passed Senate.