Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 2/9/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-02-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-01-30Referred 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.
- 2017-01-30Referred 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.
- 2017-01-30Referred 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.
- 2017-01-30Introduced in House
- 2017-01-30Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-30 (00)
Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a separate Medicare benefit category for complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) items that: (1) are designed or configured to meet an individual's unique needs and capacities; (2) are primarily used to serve a medical or functional purpose; and (3) require certain services to ensure appropriate design, configuration, and use. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall designate CRT items and establish eligibility criteria with respect to such items, in accordance with specified exclusions and other requirements.
The CMS must also establish: (1) a payment system applicable to CRT items, subject to clinical conditions and other specified requirements; (2) quality standards for suppliers of CRT items; and (3) a formal process for the submission of certain CRT code-set modification requests by stakeholder groups.
If specified requirements are met, Medicare payment must be made for the replacement of a CRT item (or item part), without regard to certain continuous-use or useful-lifetime restrictions applicable to items of durable medical equipment.
In addition, Medicare payment may be made for the temporary rental of a CRT item if such an item owned by a qualified enrollee is undergoing necessary repairs.
Cosponsors (20)
- JOSEPH CROWLEY (D-NY)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- JOHN LARSON (D-CT)
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Keith Ellison (D-MN)
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Steve King (R-IA)
- Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
- TIM RYAN (D-OH)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
- JAMES LANGEVIN (D-RI)
- Rob Woodall (R-GA)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- David Joyce (R-OH)
- Lou Barletta (R-PA)
- PATRICK TIBERI (R-OH)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disability and paralysis
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Government information and archives
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Licensing and registrations
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicare
- Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
- Neurological disorders
- Product safety and quality
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