US HB2878 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on June 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015. This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.
Title
To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.
Sponsors
| Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS] | Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA] | Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS] | Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND] |
| Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN] | Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-06 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2015-06-26 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2015-06-24 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2015-06-24 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2015-06-24 | House | Referred 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. |
| 2015-06-24 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB1461 (Same As) 2015-12-18 - Became Public Law No: 114-112. (TXT | PDF)
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2878/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2878/BILLS-114hr2878ih.pdf |
