US Congress House Bill 4378 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-8)
Status: Introduced on April 18 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover, as medical and other health services, complex rehabilitation technology items designed and configured for a specific qualified individual to meet that individual's unique: (1) medical, physical, and functional needs related to a medical condition; and (2) capacities for basic activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental ADLs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) designate complex rehabilitation technology items (excluding adaptive equipment to operate motor vehicles or certain prosthetic devices and orthotics); and (2) establish eligibility criteria for them. Prescribes requirements for payments for CRT items. Directs the Secretary to establish standards for clinical conditions for CRT item payment as well as quality standards for suppliers of such items. Directs the Secretary to establish a Healthcare Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) coding subset that uses specified HCPCS codes for CRT items. Requires payment for replacement of a CRT item (or any part of one), without regard to certain continuous use or useful lifetime restrictions established for items of durable medical equipment (DME), if a qualified ordering practitioner determines that a replacement item (or part) is necessary.

Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2012

Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]
Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-04-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-04-18	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2012-04-18	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2012-04-18	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/4378/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr4378/BILLS-112hr4378ih.pdf