,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,sarbanes 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4
 ,davis of ,illinois1 and ,mr4          
,courtney7 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 waive cost
 sharing under the ,medicare program for
 certain visits relating to testing for 
,,covid-#ai4  #a4 ,waiving cost sharing 
under the ,medicare program for certain 
visits relating to testing for          
,,covid-#ai  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#ahcc of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #aciel7 is amended-- 7#a7 in 
subsection 7a77#a7-- 7,a7 by striking   

and before 7,,cc72 and  7,b7 by         
inserting before the period at the end  
the following3 1 and 7,,dd7 with respect
 to a specified ,,covid-#ai             
testing-related service described in    
paragraph 7#a7 of subsection 7cc7 for   
which payment may be made under a       
specified outpatient payment provision  
described in paragraph 7#b7 of such     
subsection1 the amounts paid shall be   
#ajj percent of the payment amount      
otherwise recognized under such         
respective specified outpatient payment 
provision for such service12  7#b7 in   
subsection 7b71 in the first sentence-- 
7,a7 by striking and before 7#aj72 and  
7,b7 by inserting before the period at  
the end the following3 1 and 7#aa7 such 
deductible shall not apply with respect 
to any specified ,,covid-#ai            
testing-related service described in    
paragraph 7#a7 of subsection 7cc7 for   
which payment may be made under a       
specified outpatient payment provision  
described in paragraph 7#b7 of such     

subsection2 and  7#c7 by adding at the  
end the following new subsection3  7cc7 
,specified ,,covid-#ai testing-,related 
services ,for purposes of subsection    
7a77#a77;,,dd73 7#a7 ,description  7,a7 
,in general ,a specified ,,covid-#ai    
testing-related service described in    
this paragraph is a medical visit that--
 7i7 is in any of the categories of     
,,hcpcs evaluation and management       
service codes described in subparagraph 
7,b72  7ii7 is furnished during any     
portion of the emergency period defined 
in section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7 beginning 
on or after the date of the date of the 
enactment of this subsection2 and  7iii7
 results in an order for or             
administration of an in vitro diagnostic
 product 7as defined in section         
#hji4c7;a7 of title #ba1 ,code of       
,federal ,regulations7 administered     
during any portion of such emergency    
period beginning on or after the date of
 the enactment of this subsection for   
the detection of ,,sars-,co,v-#b or the 

diagnosis of the virus that causes      
,,covid-#ai that is approved1 cleared1  
or authorized under section #eaj7k71    
#eac1 #eae1 or #efd of the ,federal     
,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act4  7,b7 
,categories of ,,hcpcs codes ,for       
purposes of subparagraph 7,a71 the      
categories of ,,hcpcs evaluation and    
management services codes are the       
following3 7i7 ,office and other        
outpatient services4  7ii7 ,hospital    
observation services4  7iii7 ,emergency 
department services4  7iv7 ,skilled     
nursing facility services4  7v7         
,domiciliary1 rest home1 or custodial   
care services4  7vi7 ,home services4    
7#b7 ,specified outpatient payment      
provision ,a specified outpatient       
payment provision described in this     
paragraph is any of the following3 7,a7 
,the hospital outpatient prospective    
payment system under subsection 7t74    
7,b7 ,the physician fee schedule under  
section #ahdh4  7,c7 ,the prospective   
payment system developed under section  

#ahcd7o74  7,d7 ,section #ahcd7;g71 with
 respect to an outpatient critical      
access hospital service4  7,e7 ,the     
payment basis determined in regulations 
pursuant to section #ahcc7;a77#c7 for   
rural health clinic services4  4  7b7   
,claims modifier ,the ,secretary of     
,health and ,human ,services shall      
provide for an appropriate modifier 7or 
other identifier7 to include on claims  
to identify1 for purposes of            
subparagraph 7,,dd7 of section          
#ahcc7;a77#a71 as added by subsection   
7a71 specified ,,covid-#ai              
testing-related services described in   
paragraph 7#a7 of section #ahcc7;cc7 of 
the ,social ,security ,act1 as added by 
subsection 7a71 for which payment may be
 made under a specified outpatient      
payment provision described in paragraph
 7#b7 of such subsection4  7c7          
,implementation ,notwithstanding any    
other provision of law1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services may     
implement the provisions of1 including  

amendments made by1 this section through
 program instruction or otherwise4