HR 6826
110th Congress
House
Health
Home care services
Medicare
Midwives
Nurse practitioners
Nurses
Nursing
Physicians' assistants
Social Welfare
Women
Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2008
Introduced: August 1, 2008
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 1, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 1, 2008
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.
Aug 1, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise conditions of and limitations on payment for home health care services.
Allows payment for home health services to Medicare beneficiaries by: (1) a nurse practitioner; (2) a clinical nurse specialist working in collaboration with a physician in accordance with state law; (3) a certified nurse-midwife; or (4) a physician assistant under a physician's supervision.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
3