S 687
111th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act of 2009
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3690-3691)
Mar 24, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3686-3687)
Mar 24, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (thus permitting direct payment under the Medicare program for clinical social worker services provided to SNF residents).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3690-3691)
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 687: Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-687/
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