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Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2012

Introduced: September 13, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Apr 26, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 20, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 18, 2012
Introduced in House
Apr 18, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover, as medical and other health services, complex rehabilitation technology items designed and configured for a specific qualified individual to meet that individual's unique: (1) medical, physical, and functional needs related to a medical condition; and (2) capacities for basic activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental ADLs.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) designate complex rehabilitation technology items (excluding adaptive equipment to operate motor vehicles or certain prosthetic devices and orthotics); and (2) establish eligibility criteria for them.

Prescribes requirements for payments for CRT items.

Directs the Secretary to establish standards for clinical conditions for CRT item payment as well as quality standards for suppliers of such items.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Healthcare Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) coding subset that uses specified HCPCS codes for CRT items.

Requires payment for replacement of a CRT item (or any part of one), without regard to certain continuous use or useful lifetime restrictions established for items of durable medical equipment (DME), if a qualified ordering practitioner determines that a replacement item (or part) is necessary.

What's happening now April 26, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 942 Related bill American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 10
D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Dec 30, 2012
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 21, 2012
Black, Diane
· Sep 13, 2012
BOSWELL, LEONARD
· Sep 13, 2012
Rodgers, Cathy
· Sep 13, 2012
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Aug 2, 2012
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Aug 2, 2012
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Aug 2, 2012
COSTELLO, JERRY
· Jul 12, 2012
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 12, 2012
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 12, 2012
Polis, Jared
· Jun 20, 2012
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· Jun 20, 2012
Harper, Gregg
· May 18, 2012
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 18, 2012
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 18, 2012
Nunes, Devin
· May 18, 2012
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 18, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4378: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4378/
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