,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aidh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bh1 #bjai,ms4
 ,schakowsky 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,carter 
of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4     
,kelly of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1    
,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,gianforte1 ,ms4      
,matsui1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4           
,cicilline1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 
,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mrs4 ,rodgers 
of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 
,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,diaz-,balart1 ,mr4        
,holding1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4           
,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,ms4 ,blunt   
,rochester1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,khanna1   
,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4      
,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,hill of ,california1   
,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4         
,hastings1 ,mr4 ,thompson of            
,california1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,king  
of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,massie1 ,mr4 ,king 
of ,iowa1 ,mr4 ,rutherford1 ,mr4        
,lipinski1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,visclosky1
 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mrs4 ,davis of          
,california1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,heck1 

,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle of             
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north    
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,smith of   
,nebraska1 ,mr4 ,westerman1 ,mr4 ,byrne1
 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 
,raskin1 ,mr4 ,kind1 ,mr4 ,rose of ,new 
,york1 ,mr4 ,duffy1 ,mr4 ,katko1 ,mr4   
,stewart1 ,mr4 ,griffith1 ,miss         
,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico1 ,mrs4  
,brooks of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1 ,mr4 
,ryan1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,ms4 ,sewell of    
,alabama1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1 ,ms4
 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,ms4 
,schrier1 ,mr4 ,young1 ,mr4 ,mullin1    
,mr4 ,rice of ,south ,carolina1 ,mrs4   
,radewagen1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,mr4 ,engel1  
,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4   
,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,miss ,rice  
of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south   
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,hurd of ,texas1 ,mr4   
,rooney of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,wenstrup1    
,mr4 ,joyce of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1   
,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,morelle1 ,ms4       
,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida1    
,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,ms4 ,adams1

 ,mr4 ,palazzo1 and ,mr4 ,mitchell7     
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 ,medicare 
coverage of certain lymphedema          
compression treatment items as items of 
durable medical equipment4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,lymphedema ,treatment ,act of #bjai4   
#b4 ,medicare coverage of certain       
lymphedema compression treatment items  
as items of durable medical equipment   
7a7 ,in general ,section #ahfa of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciex7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection
 7n71 in the first sentence1 by         
inserting before the semicolon the      

following3 and includes lymphedema      
compression treatment items 7as defined 
in subsection 7kkk772 and  7#b7 by      
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7kkk7 ,lymphedema          
compression treatment items ,the term   
lymphedema compression treatment items--
 7#a7 means1 with respect to an         
individual1 compression garments1       
devices1 bandaging systems1 components1 
and supplies--  7,a7 that are primarily 
and customarily used in the medical     
treatment of lymphedema2  7,b7 as       
prescribed by a physician 7or a         
physician assistant1 nurse practitioner1
 or a clinical nurse specialist 7as     
those terms are defined in section      
#ahfa7;aa77#e77 to the extent authorized
 under ,state law72 and  7,c7 which     
would not1 other than under subsection  
7s77#f71 be included as medical and     
other health services under this title2 
and  7#b7 includes-- 7,a7 multilayer    
compression bandaging systems2  7,b7    
custom or standard fit gradient         

compression garments2  7,c7 non-elastic 
and low-elastic compression garments and
 compression wraps and directional flow 
pads2 and  7,d7 any other compression   
garments1 bandaging systems1 devices1   
and aids determined by the ,secretary to
 be effective in the prevention or      
treatment of lymphedema4  4  7b7        
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply to lymphedema
 compression treatment items furnished  
on or after ,january #a1 #bjba4