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S 3129 114th Congress Senate Health Health personnel Home and outpatient care Hospital care Medicare Rural conditions and development

A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016.

Introduced: July 6, 2016 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Jul 6, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 6, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016.

What's happening now July 6, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 4
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  • HR 5613 Related bill CAH Act of 2016
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  • S 3435 Related bill Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 4
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Sep 7, 2016
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Jul 13, 2016
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jul 7, 2016
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jul 6, 2016
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jul 6, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3129: A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3129/
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