,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,ms4 ,velzquez introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committees on ,ways
 and ,means1 the ,judiciary1 and ,small 
,business1 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 repeal the
 ,medicare competitive acquisition      
program for durable medical equipment   
and prosthetics1 orthotics1 and supplies
 7,,dmepos71 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,small ,supplier ,fairness in   
,bidding ,competition ,act of #bjac4    
#b4 ,repeal of ,medicare ,,dmepos       
competitive acquisition program  7a7 ,in
 general ,section #ahdg of the ,social  

,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#c7
 is repealed4  7b7 ,effective date  7#a7
 ,in general ,the repeal made by        
subsection 7a7 shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this ,act4     
7#b7 ,impact on current contracts ,in   
the case of any contract awarded under  
section #ahdg of the ,social ,security  
,act before the date of the repeal of   
such section--  7,a7 the contract is    
terminated2  7,b7 no payment shall be   
made under title ,,xviii of such ,act on
 or after the date of the enactment of  
this ,act based on such a contract2 and 
7,c7 to the extent that any damages may 
be applicable as a result of the        
termination of such contracts1 such     
damages shall be payable from the       
,federal ,supplementary ,medical        
,insurance ,trust ,fund under section   
#ahda of such ,act4  7#c7 ,construction 
,nothing in this subsection shall be    
construed to provide an independent     
cause of action or right to             
administrative or judicial review with  

regard to the termination provided under
 this subsection4  7c7 ,report ,not     
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,administrator of the ,centers for      
,medicare  ,medicaid ,services shall    
submit to the ,committee on ,small      
,business of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship  
of the ,senate a report providing an    
analysis of the impact of competitive   
bidding on small clinical laboratories4 
#c4 ,small business advocacy review     
panels ,section #fji7;d7 of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking at  
the end and2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c71 by
 striking the period at the end and     
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#d7 the ,centers for ,medicare         
,medicaid ,services of the ,department  
of ,health and ,human ,services 7solely 
with respect to its capacity to issue   

rules governing the ,medicare part ,b   
fee schedule for clinical laboratory    
services74  4