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HR 3127 116th Congress House

Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act

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: June 24, 2019 Introduced by: Doggett, Lloyd Democratic · Texas 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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Jun 6, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 5, 2019
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.
Jun 5, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 6, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act

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 1
  • S 1725 Related bill Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 10 Republican 8
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Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · Jul 16, 2020
 R
Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Feb 27, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 6, 2020
Butterfield, G. K.
· Dec 18, 2019
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Dec 18, 2019
Luria, Elaine
· Dec 18, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Dec 6, 2019
Ferguson, A.
· Dec 6, 2019
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Dec 6, 2019
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Oct 31, 2019
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Oct 31, 2019
Hollingsworth, Trey
· Oct 23, 2019
 R
Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Oct 23, 2019
Spanberger, Abigail
· Oct 23, 2019
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 27, 2019
 R
Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Sep 27, 2019
 R
Joyce, John
Pennsylvania · Sep 20, 2019
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Sep 10, 2019
Walorski, Jackie
· Jul 9, 2019
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jun 24, 2019
McKinley, David
· Jun 5, 2019
 R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · Jun 5, 2019
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jun 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3127: Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3127/
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"H.R. 3127: Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3127/.
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H.R. 3127, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3127/.
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