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HR 1178 110th Congress House Health Home care services Long-term care Medicare Mental health services Physicians' assistants Social Welfare Terminal care Terminally ill

Physician Assistants Continuity of Care Act of 2007

Introduced: February 16, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 7, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 27, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 16, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Feb 16, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Physician Assistants Continuity of Care Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit a physician assistant, when delegated by a physician, to: (1) certify that inpatient psychiatric hospital services or post-hospital extended care services are required; (2) establish and review a plan for home health services; and (3) certify a terminal illness with respect to hospice care.

Covers as hospice care any legally authorized services of a physician assistant performed under a physician's supervision.

What's happening now March 7, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Sep 11, 2008
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 13, 2008
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 23, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1178: Physician Assistants Continuity of Care Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1178/
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"H.R. 1178: Physician Assistants Continuity of Care Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1178/.
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H.R. 1178, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1178/.
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