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S 932 110th Congress Senate Health Ambulatory care Medicare Physical therapy Physicians Social Welfare Speech disorders

Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007

Introduced: March 20, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Mar 20, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 20, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize qualified physical therapists to provide services for Medicare beneficiaries without the requirement of a physician referral.

Provides for treatment of outpatient speech-language pathology services separately from outpatient physical therapy services.

What's happening now March 20, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1552 Related bill Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · May 20, 2008
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Apr 10, 2008
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 23, 2007
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Mar 20, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 932: Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-932/
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"S. 932: Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-932/.
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S. 932, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-932/.
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