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,committee on ,en]gy & ,comm]ce  ,a     
,,bill  ,to am5d title ,,xix ( ! ,social
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provide cranial pro/heses "u ! ,m$icaid 
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diseases & m$ical conditions t cause    
hair loss4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act   
may be cit$ z ! ,cranial ,pro/hetic     
,m$icaid ,cov]age ,enhancem5t ,act4  #b4
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7#a7 ,individuals *ronically affect$ by 
hair loss due to diseases1 su* z !      
autoimmune sk9 condition alopecia       
areata1 z well z individuals affect$ by 
acute hair loss due to *emo!rapy or     
m$ical int]v5tion face significant      
biological1 social1 & psy*ological heal?

 *all5ges4  7#b7 ,d]matologi/s1         
oncologi/s1 & o!r qualifi$ m$ical       
pr(essionals consid] cranial pro/hetics 
to be a m$ically necess>y option :5     
treat+ individuals suff]+ f *ronic1     
acute1 or cyclical hair loss caus$ by a 
m$ical condition4  7#c7 ,! co/ ( a      
cranial pro/hetic c repres5t a          
significant f9ancial burd5 = ,m$icaid   
program b5efici>ies & cov]age b5efits   
across ,/ates are curr5tly inconsi/5t &1
 9 _m cases1 nonexi/5t4  7#d7 ,:ile     
*ildr5 p>ticipat+ 9 ! ,m$icaid program  
are (t5 significantly impact$ by !      
additional heal? effects caus$ by m$ical
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pro/hetics means !y c face s]i\s        
difficulty access+ treatm5t1 ev5 ) !    
assi/ance ( a heal?c>e pr(essional4  #c4
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 "u ,m$icaid  7a7 ,9 g5]al ,section     
#aijb7;a77#aj7 ( ! ,social ,security    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7a77#aj77 is 
am5d$-- 7#a7 9 subp>agraph 7,f71 at !   

end by /rik+ &2  7#b7 9 subp>agraph     
7,g71 at ! end by add+ &2 &  7#c7 by    
ins]t+ aft] subp>agraph 7,g7 ! foll[+   
new subp>agraph3  7,h7 t if m$ical      
assi/ance is includ$ = inpati5t hospital
 s]vices = an individual1 !n ! plan mu/ 
include mak+ m$ical assi/ance available 
to ! individual = bi5nial cov]age ( "o  
cranial pro/hesis ) a b5efit up to #djj 
if ! d]matologi/1 oncologi/1 or att5d+  
physician ( ! individual c]tifies 9     
writ+ ! m$ical necessity ( t propos$    
c\rse ( rehabilitative treatm5t2  4  7b7
 ,effective date ,! am5dm5ts made by    
subsection 7a7 %all apply ) respect to  
items & s]vices furni%$ on or aft]      
,janu>y #a1 #bjag1 )\t reg>d to :e!r or 
n f9al regulations to c>ry out su*      
am5dm5ts h be5 promulgat$ by su* date4