S 1725
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Allied health services
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2019
Introduced: June 5, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 5, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 5, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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