Skip to main content
HR 3431 116th Congress House Health Health personnel Home and outpatient care Hospital care Medicare Rural conditions and development

To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2021.

Introduced: June 24, 2019 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This bill died when the 116th Congress ended
It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 24, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 24, 2019
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill extends the instruction from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for contractors not to enforce the requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2021.

What's happening now June 25, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3416 Related bill HEARTS and Rural Relief Act
  • HR 3429 Related bill HEARTS and Rural Relief Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Jun 24, 2019
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3431: To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2021.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3431/
MLA
"H.R. 3431: To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2021.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3431/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 3431, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3431/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 3431: To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2021.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3431/)
Report a problem