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PUBLIC LAW 90-248-JAN. 2, 1968

[81 STAT.

(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to claims on which a final determination has not been made on or before the date of enactment of this Act. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT OF PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATION I N CASE OF CERTAIN HOSPITAL SERVICES

Post. p. 848.

42 USC U95n. fost, p. 847.

SEC. 126. (a) Section 1814(a) of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 129(c)(5) of this Act) is amended— (1) by striking out subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2); (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (2) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), respectively; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (4), (5), (6),and (7),respectively; (4) by inserting immediately after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: "(3) with respect to inpatient hospital services (other than inpatient psychiatric hospital services and inpatient tuberculosis hospital services) which are furnished over a period of time, a physician certifies that such services are required to be given on an inpatient basis for such individual's medical treatment, or that inpatient diagnostic study is medically required and such services are necessary for such purpose, except that (A) such certification shall be furnished only in such cases, with such frequency, and accompanied by such supporting material, appropriate to the cases involved, as may be provided by regulations, and (B) the first such certification required in accordance with clause (A) shall be furnished no later than the 20th day of such period;"; and (5) by striking out " (D), or (E) " in the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "or (D) ". (^) Section 1835(a)(2)(B) of such Act is amended by inserting after "medical and other health services," the following: "except services described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 1861(s)(2),". (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to services furnished after the date of the enactment of this Act. INCLUSION OF P O D I A T R I S T S ' SERVICES UNDER SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE PROGRAM

79 Stat. 321. 42 USC 1395x.

42 USC 1395y.

S E C 127. (a) Section 1861(r) of the Social Security Act is amended—• (1) by striking out "or (2) " and inserting in lieu thereof " (2) "; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", or (3) except for the purposes of section 1814(a), section 1835, and subsections (j), (k), (m), and (o) of this section, a doctor of podiatry or surgical chiropody, but (unless clause (1) of this subsection also applies to him) only with respect to functions which he is legally authorized to perform as such by the State in which he performs them". (b) Section 1862(a) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking out "or" at the end of paragraph (11); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (12) and inserting in lieu thereof "; or"; and (3) by adding after paragraph (12) the following new paragraph: "(13) where such expenses are for—

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