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6/4/2009--Introduced.Medicare Independent Living Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the in-the-home restriction for Medicare coverage of mobility devices for individuals with expected long-term needs. Deems such devices to be durable medical equipment (DME) if they are used in customary settings for the purpose of normal domestic, vocational, or community activities.

1244088000 2009-06-04 Sat Nov 14 08:49:38 -0600 2009 introduced 58170 'act':11 'bill':2 'home':17 'long':30 'need':32 'term':31 'titl':5 'amend':4 'devic':24 'mobil':23 'secur':10 'xviii':6 'elimin':13 'expect':28 'social':9 'coverag':21 'medicar':20 'individu':26 'restrict':18 'long-term':29 74192 false official introduced 58170 'act':4 '2009':6 'live':3 'medicar':1 'independ':2 74191 false short action 58170 1244088000 Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0500 2009 197658 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. B000468 1943-10-03 7568 703 Hart Senate Office Building http://bingaman.senate.gov/contact/ 202-224-2852 Jeff 'd':4 'nm':5 'sen':1 'jeff':2,6,8 'bingaman':3,7,9 M 300009 Bingaman Jeff_Bingaman Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM] 4101 N00006518 10394 Democrat 202-224-5521 Methodist NM Jeff Bingaman 4.2962962962963 http://bingaman.senate.gov C001035 1952-12-07 11016 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.EmailIssue 202-224-2693 Susan 'r':4 'sen':1 'susan':2,6,8 'collin':3,7,9 F 300025 Collins Susan_Collins M. Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME] 5844 N00000491 12034 Republican 202-224-2523 Catholic ME Susan Collins 2.56923076923077 http://collins.senate.gov SenatorSusanCollins H000206 1939-11-19 3779 731 Hart Senate Office Building http://harkin.senate.gov/c/index.cfm 202-224-9369 Thomas 'd':4 'ia':5 'sen':1 'tom':8 'thoma':2,6,9 'harkin':3,7,10 M 300051 Harkin Tom_Harkin Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA] 1995 Tom N00004207 9674 Democrat 202-224-3254 Roman Catholic IA Tom Thomas Harkin 2.9 http://harkin.senate.gov/ SenatorTomHarkin L000304 1942-02-24 9520 706 Hart Senate Office Building http://lieberman.senate.gov/contact/ 202-224-9750 Joseph 'ct':5 'sen':1 'joseph':2,6,8 'lieberman':3,7,9 M 300067 Lieberman Joseph_Lieberman I. Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT] 4053 N00000616 13263 Independent 202-224-4041 Jewish CT Joseph Lieberman 3.27777777777778 http://lieberman.senate.gov/ action 58170 1244088000 Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0500 2009 197658 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. action 58170 1244088000 Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0500 2009 197657 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6201) introduced 58170 1244088000 Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0500 2009 197656