,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #daij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aa1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,guthrie 7for himself1 ,mr4        
,butterfield1 and ,mr4 ,young of        
,indiana7 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 coverage  
under the ,medicare program of          
pharmacist services4  #a4 ,medicare     
coverage of pharmacist services  7a7    
,coverage ,section #ahfa7s77#b7 of the  
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciex7s77#b77 is amended--  7#a7 by    
striking and at the end of subparagraph 
7,,ee72  7#b7 by adding and at the end  
of subparagraph 7,,ff72 and  7#c7 by    

inserting after subparagraph 7,,ff7 the 
following new subparagraph3  7,,gg7     
pharmacist services furnished by a      
pharmacist1 as licensed by ,state law1  
individually or on behalf of a pharmacy 
provider--  7i7 which the pharmacist is 
legally authorized to perform in the    
,state in which the individual performs 
such services2  7ii7 as would otherwise 
be covered under this part if furnished 
by a physician1 or as an incident to a  
physician's service2 and  7iii7 in a    
setting located in a health professional
 shortage area 7as defined in section   
#ccb7;a77#a77;,a7 of the ,public ,health
 ,service ,act71 medically underserved  
area1 or medically underserved          
population 7as defined in section       
#ccj7;b77#c7 of such ,act72  4  7b7     
,payment ,section #ahcc7;a77#a7 of the  
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciel7a77#a77 is amended--  7#a7 by    
striking and 7,z7 and inserting 7,z72   
and  7#b7 by inserting before the       
semicolon at the end the following3     

7,,aa7 with respect to pharmacist       
services 7as defined in section         
#ahfa7s77#b77;,,gg771 the amounts paid  
shall be equal to #hj percent of the    
lesser of the actual charge or #he      
percent of the fee schedule amount      
provided under section #ahdh if such    
services had been furnished by a        
physician4  7c7 ,effective date2        
,pharmacist specific codes  7#a7        
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsections 7a7 and 7b7 shall apply with
 respect to services furnished on or    
after ,january #a1 #bjae4  7#b7         
,pharmacist specific codes ,the         
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall develop pharmacist      
specific codes1 as necessary1 under the 
physician fee schedule under section    
#ahdh of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#d74