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HR 1906 114th Congress House

Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2015

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therap… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit.

Introduced: April 21, 2015 Introduced by: Thompson, Glenn Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
Health Allied health servicesHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
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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
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 Latest action May 4, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1906: Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1906/
MLA
"H.R. 1906: Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1906/.
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H.R. 1906, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1906/.
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