Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2005
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for eligibility for coverage of home health services under the Medicare Program on the basis of a need for occupational therapy.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make occupational therapy eligible for Medicare coverage of home health services in any event, by repealing the condition that the individual first has needed and been furnished home health skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis or physical or speech therapy, but no longer needs such care or therapy (other than the occupational therapy).
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3022: Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3022/
"H.R. 3022: Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3022/.
H.R. 3022, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3022/.
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