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HOUSE 807115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017

Last Action
2/10/2017

Actions

  • 2017-02-10Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • 2017-02-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • 2017-02-01Referred 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.
  • 2017-02-01Referred 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.
  • 2017-02-01Referred 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.
  • 2017-02-01Introduced in House
  • 2017-02-01Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2017-02-01 (00)

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017

This bill repeals existing caps on Medicare payment for certain outpatient physical-therapy services and speech-language pathology services. Under current law, annual payment for such services is capped at $1,980 in 2017, with specified percentage increases to that limit in subsequent years.

Cosponsors (20)

  • RON KIND (D-WI)
  • Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
  • Doris Matsui (D-CA)
  • Patrick Meehan (R-PA)
  • Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
  • Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS)
  • TIM RYAN (D-OH)
  • Keith Ellison (D-MN)
  • C. A. Ruppersberger (D-MD)
  • David Cicilline (D-RI)
  • Barbara Comstock (R-VA)
  • Lynn Jenkins (R-KS)
  • Chris Stewart (R-UT)
  • Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
  • Tim Murphy (R-PA)
  • Earl Carter (R-GA)
  • Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
  • BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
  • Mike Kelly (R-PA)
  • David Joyce (R-OH)

Subjects

  • Home and outpatient care
  • Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
  • Medicare
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