S 343
108th Congress
Senate
Health
Medical fees
Medicare
Nursing homes
Social Welfare
Social work
Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act of 2003
Introduced: February 11, 2003
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Became law
Feb 11, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 11, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2200-2201)
Feb 11, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the Medicare skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (thus permitting direct payment under the Medicare program for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1