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Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2015

Introduced: January 13, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 13, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 13, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2015

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to coverage of extended care services without regard to the three-day prior hospitalization requirement (non-post-hospital extended care services).

Restricts such coverage to non-post-hospital extended care services in a qualified skilled nursing facility.

Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study the cost of impact of this Act.

What's happening now February 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 3 Republican 5
D
Huffman, Jared
California · Oct 21, 2015
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · May 12, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 10, 2015
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Jan 30, 2015
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Jan 13, 2015
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Jan 13, 2015
Rothfus, Keith
· Jan 13, 2015
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Jan 13, 2015
 R
Webster, Daniel
Florida · Jan 13, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 290: Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-290/
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