1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act of 2017 . 2. Improvements in the Medicare local coverage determination (LCD) process for specified LCDs (a) LCD development process Section 1862(l)(5) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395y(l)(5) ) is amended by adding at the end the following subparagraph: (D) Process for issuing specified local coverage determinations (i) In general In the case of a specified local coverage determination (as defined in clause (iv)) within an area by a medicare admi nistrative contractor that has entered into a contract with the Secretary under section 1874A, such medicare administrative contractor must take the following actions with respect to such determination before such determination may take effect: (I) Publish on the public Internet website of the medicare administrative contractor a proposed version of the specified local coverage determination (in this section referred to as a draft determination ), a written rationale for the draft determination, and a description of all evidence relied upon and considered by the medicare administrative contractor in the development of the draft determination. (II) Not later than 60 days after the date on which the medicare administrative contractor publishes the draft determination in accordance with subclause (I), convene one or more open, public meetings to review the draft determination, receive comments with respect to the draft determination, and secure the advice of an expert panel (such as a carrier advisory committee described in chapter 13 of the Medicare Program Integrity Manual in effect on August 31, 2015), with respect to the draft determination. The medicare administrative contractor shall make available means for the public to attend such meetings remotely, such as via teleconference. (III) With respect to each meeting convened pursuant to subclause (II), post on the public Internet website of the medicare administrative contractor, not later than 14 days after such