US Congress Senate Bill 1013 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover, as medical and other health services, complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) items designed or individually configured for a specific qualified individual to meet that individual's unique: (1) medical, physical, or functional needs related to a medical condition; and (2) capacities for basic activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental ADLs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) designate CRT 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 formal process to allow submission of CRT code set modification requests by stakeholder groups for comprehensive coding changes related to entire policy groups. 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, if a qualified ordering practitioner determines that a replacement item (or part) is necessary.

Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015

Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-20	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB1516 (Same As) 2015-04-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1013/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1013/BILLS-114s1013is.pdf