HR 1284
115th Congress
House
Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 1, 2017
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Plain-English summary
Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants to provide hospice care under Medicare.
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Cosponsors
16
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1284: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1284/
"H.R. 1284: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1284/.
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