HR 3127
116th Congress
House
Health
Allied health services
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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