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HR 3835 105th Congress House Health Ambulatory care Case mix (Medical care) Disabled Medical fees Medicare Occupational therapy Physical therapy Rehabilitation of the disabled Social Welfare Speech disorders

Reinstatement of the Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Act of 1998

Introduced: May 12, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
May 18, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 12, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E831)
May 12, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 12, 1998
Referred to the Committee on 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.
May 12, 1998
Introduced in House
May 12, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reinstatement of the Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program.

Provides that for outpatient physical therapy services, outpatient occupational therapy services, and outpatient speech-language pathology services covered under Medicare and furnished on or after January 1, 2000, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall implement a new payment methodology based on the classification of individuals by diagnostic category, functional status, and prior use of services in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Requires that such payment methodology be designed so that, taking into account the increased expenditures resulting from this Act, it does not result in any increase or decrease in the expenditures under Medicare on a fiscal year basis.

What's happening now May 26, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Oct 20, 1998
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 10, 1998
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 10, 1998
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 10, 1998
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 21, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3835: Reinstatement of the Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3835/
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"H.R. 3835: Reinstatement of the Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3835/.
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H.R. 3835, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3835/.
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