H.R. 8319

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8319 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8319

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand certain 
remote monitoring services furnished by physicians to individuals with 
end stage renal disease under the Medicare program.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 16, 2026

Mr. Yakym (for himself, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and Mrs. 
Dingell) 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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand certain 
remote monitoring services furnished by physicians to individuals with 
end stage renal disease under the Medicare program.

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 ``Keeping Individuals with Dialysis 
Needs Equipped through Year-round Remote Monitoring Act'' or the 
``KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING CERTAIN REMOTE MONITORING SERVICES FURNISHED BY 
PHYSICIANS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE.

Section 1881(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395rr(b)(3)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``subparagraph 
(B)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) and (C)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), payment for remote 
physiologic monitoring services furnished by a physician on or after 
January 1, 2028, to an individual determined to have end stage renal 
disease receiving home dialysis shall be made on the basis described in 
section 1848.''.
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