[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 193 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 193

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance 
   on payment under the Medicare program for certain items involving 
                        artificial intelligence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2025

Mr. Schweikert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance 
   on payment under the Medicare program for certain items involving 
                        artificial intelligence.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Maintaining Innovation and Safe 
Technologies Act''.

SEC. 2. GUIDANCE ON MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN ITEMS INVOLVING 
              ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Not later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall use existing communications mechanisms to issue guidance 
on requirements for payment under part B of title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.) for remote monitoring devices, 
such as continuous glucose monitors, that--
            (1) use an artificial intelligence component (such as a 
        continuous adjustment component); and
            (2) transmit information to a health care provider for 
        purposes of management and treatment of an individual.
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