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HR 1385 106th 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 1999

Introduced: April 13, 1999 See on congress.gov
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May 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Apr 20, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 13, 1999
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.
Apr 13, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reinstatement of the Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Act of 1999 - 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, 2001, 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 5, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Apr 27, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1385: Reinstatement of the Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1385/
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"H.R. 1385: Reinstatement of the Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1385/.
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H.R. 1385, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1385/.
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