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HR 2969 113th Congress House Health Health personnel Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare

Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2013

Introduced: May 20, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Aug 2, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 1, 2013
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, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients.

What's happening now August 2, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • HR 2867 Related bill Medicare Hospice Care Access Act of 2013
  • S 1871 Related bill SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013
  • S 2110 Related bill Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
  • S 2122 Related bill Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
  • S 2157 Related bill Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
  • S 2359 Related bill Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2014
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
Loebsack, David
· May 20, 2014
King, Steve
· May 8, 2014
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Thompson, Mike
California · Aug 1, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2969: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2969/
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"H.R. 2969: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2969/.
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H.R. 2969, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2969/.
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