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S 1725 116th Congress Senate

Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2019

Official title: A bill 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 12, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jun 5, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 5, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 5, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2019

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
  • HR 3127 Related bill Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 12, 2020
 D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Oct 17, 2019
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 12, 2019
 R
Young, Todd
Indiana · Jun 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1725: Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1725/
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"S. 1725: Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1725/.
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S. 1725, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1725/.
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