HR 626
115th Congress
House
Health
Allied health services
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017
Introduced: January 24, 2017
Introduced by:
Thompson, Glenn
Republican
· Pennsylvania
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 30, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721)
Jan 24, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for purposes of determining whether inpatient rehabilitation-facility services are reasonable and necessary under Medicare, to include recreational-therapy services among the therapeutic modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation-therapy program.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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