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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1667
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for
acupuncturist services under the Medicare program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY27, 2025
Ms. C
HU(for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) 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 subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, 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 provide
coverage for acupuncturist services under the Medicare
program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Acupuncture for Our 4
Seniors Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. COVERAGE FOR ACUPUNCTURIST SERVICES UNDER 1
THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 1861 of the Social Secu-3
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended— 4
(1) in subsection (s)(2)— 5
(A) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-6
paragraph (JJ); and 7
(B) by adding at the end the following new 8
subparagraph: 9
‘‘(KK) qualified acupuncturist services (as de-10
fined in subsection (nnn)(1));’’; and 11
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-12
section: 13
‘‘(nnn) Q
UALIFIEDACUPUNCTURISTSERVICES.— 14
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL .—The term ‘qualified 15
acupuncturist services’ means such services fur-16
nished by a qualified acupuncturist (as defined in 17
paragraph (2)), and such services and supplies fur-18
nished as an incident to services furnished by the 19
qualified acupuncturist, as the qualified 20
acupuncturist is legally authorized to perform under 21
State law. 22
‘‘(2) Q
UALIFIED ACUPUNCTURIST DEFINED .— 23
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualified 24
acupuncturist’ means— 25
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‘‘(A) an individual who is licensed as an 1
acupuncturist by a State or, in the case of an 2
individual in a State that does not provide for 3
such licensure, meets such criteria (such as cer-4
tification through an appropriate nationally rec-5
ognized certification authority for 6
acupuncturists) as the Secretary may specify; 7
or 8
‘‘(B) a physician who is legally authorized 9
to perform acupuncture as part of the practice 10
of medicine and surgery by the State in which 11
the physician performs such function or action. 12
In specifying requirements under subparagraph (A), 13
the Secretary may use the same requirements as 14
those established by a certification authority de-15
scribed in such subparagraph.’’. 16
(b) P
AYMENTRULES.— 17
(1) P
AYMENT UNDER PHYSICIAN FEE SCHED -18
ULE.—Section 1848(j)(3) of the Social Security Act 19
(42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(j)(3)) is amended by inserting 20
‘‘(2)(KK),’’ before ‘‘(3),’’. 21
(2) S
EPARATE PAYMENT FOR SERVICES OF IN -22
STITUTIONAL PROVIDERS .—Section 1833(a)(2)(B) 23
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 24
1395l(a)(2)(B)) is amended— 25
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(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and in the 1
case of qualified acupuncturist services,’’ after 2
‘‘1999,’’; 3
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or in the 4
case of qualified acupuncturist services,’’ after 5
‘‘1999,’’; and 6
(C) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘(other 7
than qualified acupuncturist services)’’ after 8
‘‘such services’’. 9
(3) Q
UALIFIED ACUPUNCTURIST TREATMENT 10
AS A PRACTITIONER.—Section 1842(b)(18)(C) of the 11
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(18)(C)) is 12
amended by adding at the end the following new 13
clause: 14
‘‘(ix) A qualified acupuncturist (as defined in 15
section 1861(nnn)(2)).’’. 16
(4) S
EPARATE BILLING FOR ACUPUNCTURIST 17
SERVICES FURNISHED IN AN INPATIENT HOSPITAL 18
SETTING.—Section 1861(b)(4) of the Social Security 19
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(b)(4)) is amended by insert-20
ing ‘‘qualified acupuncturist services,’’ after ‘‘quali-21
fied psychologist services,’’. 22
(c) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 23
this section apply with respect to services furnished on or 24
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after the date that is 270 days after the date of enactment 1
of this Act. 2
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