US HB626 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for purposes of determining whether inpatient rehabilitation-facility services are reasonable and necessary under Medicare, to include recreational-therapy services among the therapeutic modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation-therapy program.
Title
Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017
Sponsors
| Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA] | Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-02 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2017-01-30 | House | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721) |
| 2017-01-24 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. |
| 2017-01-24 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/626/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr626/BILLS-115hr626ih.pdf |
