HR 2208
114th Congress
House
Health
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Hospice CARE
Introduced: May 1, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 1, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 1, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Hospice Commitment to Accurate and Relevant Encounters Act or the Hospice CARE [sic]
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. A clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) is allowed to conduct the face-to-face encounter with the individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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