,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #h1        
#bjbb,mr4 ,mullin 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,tonko1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,ms4 ,sewell1
 ,mr4 ,keller1 ,mr4 ,reed1 and ,mr4     
,mrvan7 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     
direct the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services to provide for certain 
adjustments to ,medicare payment for    
items of durable medical equipment that 
were formerly included in round #bjba of
 the ,,dmepos competitive bidding       
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,,dmepos ,relief    
,act of #bjbb or the ,,dra of #bjbb4    
#b4 ,adjustments to ,medicare payment   

for items of durable medical equipment  
formerly included in round #bjba of the 
,,dmepos competitive bidding program    
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of      
,health and ,human ,services shall      
implement section #dad4baj of title #db1
 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 such   
that the fee schedule amounts determined
 pursuant to such section for covered   
items furnished during the period       
beginning on ,january #a1 #bjbb1 and    
ending on ,december #ca1 #bjbc1 shall be
 applied as if the transition rules     
under paragraph 7g77#i7 of such section 
provided that for such covered items so 
furnished1 the fee schedule amount for  
the area involved is equal to #ij       
percent of the adjusted payment amount  
established under such section and #aj  
percent of the unadjusted fee schedule  
amount established under such section4  
7b7 ,covered item defined ,for purposes 
of subsection 7a71 the term covered item
 means any item-- 7#a7 that were        
competed under the ,round #bjba ,,dmepos

 ,competitive ,bidding ,program2  7#b7  
for which contracts were not executed   
for such round of bidding2 and  7#c7    
which did not1 as of ,january #a1 #bjba1
 revert to the unadjusted fee schedule  
amount established under section        
#dad4baj of title #db1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations4