I 109thcongress H.R.5513 2dSession To amendpart B oftitle X\Tri ofthe Social SecurityActto restore the Medicaretreatmentofownershipofoxj'genequipmenttothatineffect beforeenactmentoftheDeficitReductionActof2005. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATR^S May25,2006 Mr. SCHA\^ZofMichigan (forhimself,Mr.PRICEofGeorgria,Mr.Regula, Mr. TiBERI, Mr. HOBSON, and Mr. RyanofOhio) introduced thefol- lowingbill;whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeon Energj'andCom- merce,andinadditiontotheCommitteeonWaysandMeans,forape- riodtobesubsequentlydeterminedbytheSpeaker,ineachcaseforcon- siderationofsuchprovisionsasfallwithinthejurisdictionofthecom- mitteeconcerned To amend part B of title X\T;II of the Social Security Act to restore the Medicare treatment of OA^Tierslnp of oxj'gen equipment to that in effect before enactment oftheDeficitReductionActof2005. 1 BeitenactedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresenta- 2 twesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongressassembled, 3 SECTION1.SHORTTITLE. 4 ThisActmaybecitedasthe''HomeOxygenPatient 5 ProtectionActof2006". — ensLIBRftRY 1 SEC.2.RESTORATIONOFMEDICARETREATMENTOFOWN- 2 ERSHIPOFOXYGENEQUIPMENT. 3 (a) In General.—Section 1834(a)(5) ofthe Social 4 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(5)), as amended by 5 section 5101(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 6 (PubhcLaw109-171),isamended 7 (1) in subparagraph (A), bystriking "(E), and 8 (F)"andinserting"and(E)";and 9 (2)bystriking-subparagi-aph (F). — 10 (b) Effectr^ Date. The amendments made bv « 11 subsection (a) shaU take effect on January 1, 2007, and 12 shall applyto indi\iduals receivingoxygen equipmentbe- 13 fore,on,orafterDecember31,2005. o •HR5513IH