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HR 1202 114th Congress House

Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2015

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 16, 2015 See on congress.gov
Health Health personnelLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 2, 2015
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.
Mar 2, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2015

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1354 Identical bill Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 14 Republican 3
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Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Nov 4, 2015
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 17, 2015
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 31, 2015
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jul 23, 2015
Young, David
· Jun 18, 2015
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Jun 11, 2015
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jun 9, 2015
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jun 4, 2015
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 4, 2015
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jun 4, 2015
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jun 1, 2015
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jun 1, 2015
Walters, Mimi
· Jun 1, 2015
 D
Takano, Mark
California · May 14, 2015
 R
Williams, Roger
Texas · May 14, 2015
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Apr 28, 2015
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 16, 2015
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Brownley, Julia
California · Apr 14, 2015
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 2, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1202: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1202/
MLA
"H.R. 1202: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1202/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 1202, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1202/.
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