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S 598 108th Congress Senate Health Disabled Home care services Medicare Social Welfare

David Jayne Medicare Homebound Modernization Act of 2003

Introduced: March 11, 2003 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Mar 11, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 11, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3547-3548)
Mar 11, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
David Jayne Medicare Homebound Modernization Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the definition of homebound for purposes of determining Medicare eligibility for home health services. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from disqualifying from consideration as confined to the home, based on the purpose, frequency, or duration of the absences from the home, any individual who: (1) has been certified by a physician as having a permanent and severe condition that will not improve which requires the individual to receive assistance from another individual with at least three out of five activities of daily living for the rest of the individual's life; and (2) requires one or more described home health services to achieve a functional condition giving the individual the ability to leave the home.
What's happening now March 11, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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