,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aijb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #i1 #bjac ,mr4  
,fitzpatrick 7for himself and ,ms4      
,moore7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act to provide for timely    
access to post-mastectomy items under   
,medicare4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,breast ,cancer     
,recovery ,improvement ,act4  #b4       
,timely access to post-mastectomy items 
7a7 ,in general ,section #ahcd7;h77#a7  
of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #aciem7 is amended--  7#a7 by 
redesignating subparagraph 7,h7 as      
subparagraph 7,i72 and  7#b7 by         

inserting after subparagraph 7,g7 the   
following new subparagraph3  7,h7       
,special payment rule for               
post-mastectomy external breast         
prosthesis garments ,payment for        
post-mastectomy external breast         
prosthesis garments shall be made       
regardless of whether such items are    
supplied to the beneficiary prior to or 
after the mastectomy procedure or other 
breast cancer surgical procedure4 ,the  
,secretary shall develop policies to    
ensure appropriate beneficiary access   
and utilization safeguards for such     
items supplied to a beneficiary prior to
 the mastectomy or other breast cancer  
surgical procedure4  4  7b7 ,effective  
date ,the amendments made by subsection 
7a7 shall take effect as of the date of 
the enactment of this ,act4