S 461
101th Congress
Senate
Health
Medicare
Physicians' assistants
Social Welfare
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 28, 1989
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover services performed by a physician assistant regardless of the setting or geographical location in which such services are rendered.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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