US SB2818 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 16 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on September 16 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians. (Locum tenens [place holder], or substitute, physicians usually assume professional practices in the absence of a regular physician for reasons such as illness, pregnancy, vacation, or continuing medical education.)
Title
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014
Sponsors
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] | Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] | Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA] | Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2014-09-16 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB3426 (Related) 2013-11-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2818/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2818/BILLS-113s2818is.pdf |