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S 46 111th Congress Senate

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.

Introduced: March 3, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health Home and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
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Jan 6, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action January 6, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to repeal the outpatient therapy cap.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 43 Related bill Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 6 Republican 3 Independent 1
Vitter, David
· May 13, 2010
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Nov 18, 2009
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jun 15, 2009
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 20, 2009
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · May 5, 2009
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 20, 2009
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Apr 20, 2009
Burr, Richard
· Mar 3, 2009
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jan 6, 2009
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 6, 2009
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Jan 6, 2009
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jan 6, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 46: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-46/
MLA
"S. 46: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-46/.
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S. 46, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-46/.
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