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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1523
5	5	To provide for the inclusion of virtual diabetes prevention program suppliers
6	6	in the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Expanded Model, and
7	7	for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY24, 2025
10	10	Ms. D
11	11	EGETTE(for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. CROW, and Ms. SCHRIER) in-
12	12	troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
13	13	ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and
14	14	Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
15	15	each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
16	16	tion of the committee concerned
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To provide for the inclusion of virtual diabetes prevention
19	19	program suppliers in the Medicare Diabetes Prevention
20	20	Program Expanded Model, and for other purposes.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
24	24	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Responsible 4
25	25	and Effective Virtual Experiences through Novel Tech-5
26	26	nology to Deliver Improved Access and Better Engage-6
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30	30	ment with Tested and Evidence-based Strategies Act’’ or 1
31	31	the ‘‘PREVENT DIABETES Act’’. 2
32	32	SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF VIRTUAL DIABETES PREVENTION 3
33	33	PROGRAM SUPPLIERS IN MDPP EXPANDED 4
34	34	MODEL. 5
35	35	(a) I
36	36	NGENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2026, 6
37	37	the Secretary shall revise the regulations under parts 410 7
38	38	and 424 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, to pro-8
39	39	vide that, for the period beginning January 1, 2026, and 9
40	40	ending December 31, 2030— 10
41	41	(1) an entity may participate in the MDPP by 11
42	42	offering only online MDPP services via synchronous 12
43	43	or asynchronous technology or telecommunications if 13
44	44	such entity meets the conditions for enrollment as 14
45	45	an MDPP supplier (as specified in section 15
46	46	424.205(b) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations 16
47	47	(or a successor regulation)); 17
48	48	(2) if an entity participates in the MDPP in the 18
49	49	manner described in paragraph (1)— 19
50	50	(A) the administrative location of such en-20
51	51	tity shall be the address of the entity on file 21
52	52	under the Diabetes Prevention Recognition Pro-22
53	53	gram; and 23
54	54	(B) in the case of online MDPP services 24
55	55	furnished by such entity to an MDPP bene-25
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59	59	ficiary who was not located in the same State 1
60	60	as the entity at the time such services were fur-2
61	61	nished, the entity shall not be prohibited from 3
62	62	submitting a claim for payment for such serv-4
63	63	ices solely by reason of the location of such ben-5
64	64	eficiary at such time; and 6
65	65	(3) no limit is applied on the number of times 7
66	66	an individual may enroll in the MDPP. 8
67	67	(b) D
68	68	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
69	69	(1) MDPP.—The term ‘‘MDPP’’ means the 10
70	70	Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program conducted 11
71	71	under section 1115A of the Social Security Act (42 12
72	72	U.S.C. 1315a), as described in the final rule pub-13
73	73	lished in the Federal Register entitled ‘‘Medicare 14
74	74	and Medicaid Programs; CY 2024 Payment Policies 15
75	75	Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other 16
76	76	Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; 17
77	77	Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; 18
78	78	Medicare Advantage; Medicare and Medicaid Pro-19
79	79	vider and Supplier Enrollment Policies; and Basic 20
80	80	Health Program’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 78818 (November 21
81	81	16, 2023)) (or a successor regulation). 22
82	82	(2) R
83	83	EGULATORY TERMS .—The terms ‘‘Diabe-23
84	84	tes Prevention Recognition Program’’, ‘‘full CDC 24
85	85	DPRP recognition’’, ‘‘MDPP beneficiary’’, ‘‘MDPP 25
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89	89	services’’, and ‘‘MDPP supplier’’ have the meanings 1
90	90	given each such term in section 410.79(b) of title 2
91	91	42, Code of Federal Regulations. 3
92	92	(3) S
93	93	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4
94	94	the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 5
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