HR 1906
114th Congress
House
Health
Allied health services
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2015
Introduced: April 21, 2015
Introduced by:
Thompson, Glenn
Republican
· Pennsylvania
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 4, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 22, 2015
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2364)
Apr 21, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 21, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2015
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include recreational therapy services among the therapeutic modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in determining whether inpatient services in an inpatient rehabilitation facility are reasonable and necessary.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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