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HR 3820 115th Congress House

Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017

Official title: To permit occupational therapists to conduct the initial assessment visit and complete the comprehensive assessment under a Medicare home health plan of care for certain rehabilitation cases.

Introduced: September 28, 2017 See on congress.gov
Health Allied health servicesHearing, speech, and vision careHome and outpatient careMedicare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Sep 29, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 25, 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.
Sep 25, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 29, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017

This bill establishes circumstances under which an occupational therapist may conduct an initial or comprehensive assessment for an individual who is eligible for home health services under Medicare. Specifically, an occupational therapist may conduct the assessment if the physician's referral order does not include skilled nursing care but does include: (1) occupational therapy, and (2) physical therapy or speech language pathology.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 6225 Related bill Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act
  • S 977 Identical bill Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3
Donovan, Daniel
· Oct 11, 2017
Rokita, Todd
· Sep 28, 2017
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 28, 2017
Costello, Ryan
· Sep 25, 2017
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Sep 25, 2017
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Sep 25, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3820: Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3820/
MLA
"H.R. 3820: Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3820/.
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H.R. 3820, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3820/.
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