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S 2214 115th Congress Senate

Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017

Official title: A bill 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.

Introduced: February 7, 2018 See on congress.gov
Health Health personnelLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
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Dec 11, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 11, 2017
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 Latest action December 11, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1284 Related bill Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Feb 7, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2214: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2214/
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"S. 2214: Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2214/.
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S. 2214, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2214/.
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