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Ensuring Medicare Access to Recreational Therapy Act of 2007

Introduced: November 15, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Dec 10, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 15, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 15, 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.
Nov 15, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2450)
Nov 15, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Medicare Access to Recreational Therapy Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking, or a transmittal amending the Medicare Benefits Policy Manual, or both, specifying that: (1) recreational therapy is a covered service under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act in inpatient rehabilitation facilities, inpatient psychiatric facilities, and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs); (2) recreational therapy is a skilled rehabilitative modality included in the bundle of services as part of the payment rates for such facilities under Medicare's respective prospective payment systems (PPS) for these inpatient settings; and (3) any recreational therapy that is provided to a Medicare beneficiary in such a facility prescribed by a physician as part of the facility's plan of care for the patient must be provided by a qualified recreational therapist.

What's happening now December 10, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 4 Republican 5
R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Jul 8, 2008
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · May 6, 2008
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 23, 2008
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Apr 9, 2008
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 13, 2008
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Mar 13, 2008
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 10, 2008
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jan 23, 2008
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 17, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4248: Ensuring Medicare Access to Recreational Therapy Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4248/
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"H.R. 4248: Ensuring Medicare Access to Recreational Therapy Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4248/.
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