,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhfg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,terry introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1   
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 the       
recognition of attending physician      
assistants as attending physicians to   
serve hospice patients4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,medicare ,hospice ,care ,access ,act of
 #bjac4  #b4 ,recognition of attending  
physician assistants as attending       
physicians ,to serve hospice patients   
7a7 ,recognition of attending physician 
assistants as attending physicians ,to  
serve hospice patients  7#a7 ,in general

 ,section #ahfa7;dd77#c77;,b7 of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciex7dd77#c77;,b77 is amended--  7,a7 
by striking or nurse and inserting 1 the
 nurse2 and  7,b7 by inserting 1 or the 
physician assistant 7as defined in such 
subsection7 after subsection 7aa77#e774 
7#b7 ,clarification of hospice role of  
physician assistants ,section           
#ahad7;a77#g77;,a77i77,i7 of the ,social
 ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4          
#acie;f7a77#g77;,a77i77,i77 is amended  
by inserting or a physician assistant   
after a nurse practitioner4  7b7        
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply to items and   
services furnished on or after ,january 
#a1 #bjad4