,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bj1        
#bjag,mr4 ,guthrie 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,kind1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1   
,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1  
,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 ,mr4   
,bost1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,ryan of      
,ohio1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1   
,mr4 ,shuster1 ,mr4 ,thomas ,j4 ,rooney 
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,tipton1 ,mr4 ,brooks 
of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,farenthold1 ,mr4     
,young of ,alaska1 ,mrs4 ,mc,morris     
,rodgers1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 
,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4     
,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4        
,lipinski1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,meehan1
 ,mr4 ,collins of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,long1 
,mr4 ,massie1 ,mr4 ,duncan of           
,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,walberg1 ,mr4 ,hill1  
,ms4 ,speier1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mrs4     
,walorski1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,carter  
of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,blum1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 
,mr4 ,rogers of ,kentucky1 ,mr4         
,peterson1 ,mr4 ,lo,biondo1 ,mr4 ,smith 

of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,tiberi1 ,mr4 ,webster  
of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,tsongas1 ,mr4        
,delaney1 ,mr4 ,stivers1 ,mr4 ,hunter1  
,mr4 ,messer1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 ,mr4 ,jones1  
,mr4 ,knight1 ,mrs4 ,comstock1 ,mr4     
,carter of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,larson of    
,connecticut1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,new     
,york1 ,mr4 ,royce of ,california1 ,mr4 
,pittenger1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4        
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,austin
 ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4  
,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4       
,mullin1 ,mr4 ,hensarling1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 
,mr4 ,joyce of ,ohio1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1   
,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4   
,barletta1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,olson1   
,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,byrne1 ,mr4 ,johnson
 of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,walz1 ,mr4 ,veasey1    
,mr4 ,katko1 ,mr4 ,hurd1 ,mr4 ,hudson1  
,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,mc,sally1 ,mr4       
,marino1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,harper1  
,mr4 ,des,jarlais1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4  
,heck1 ,mr4 ,shimkus1 ,mr4 ,paulsen1    
,ms4 ,michelle ,lujan ,grisham of ,new  
,mexico1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1   

,mr4 ,graves of ,missouri1 ,mr4         
,abraham1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,michigan1    
,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,lance1 ,mr4 ,lucas1  
,mr4 ,kinzinger1 ,mr4 ,luetkemeyer1 ,ms4
 ,gabbard1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1    
,mr4 ,dent1 ,mr4 ,poliquin1 and ,mr4    
,emmer7 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 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,pharmacy
 and ,medically ,underserved ,areas     
,enhancement ,act4  #b4 ,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,,ff72  7#b7 by adding and at the end  
of subparagraph 7,,gg72 and  7#c7 by    
inserting after subparagraph 7,,gg7 the 
following new subparagraph3  7,,hh7     
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,,bb7 and inserting       
7,,bb72 and  7#b7 by inserting before   
the semicolon at the end the following3 
1 and 7,,cc7 with respect to pharmacist 
services 7as defined in section         
#ahfa7s77#b77;,,hh771 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 #bjah4  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