S 2842
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2019
Introduced: November 13, 2019
Introduced by:
Capito, Shelley Moore
Republican
· West Virginia
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Became law
Nov 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2019
This bill accelerates and expands certain changes that are scheduled to take effect relating to the coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare.
Currently, such programs require physician supervision. Effective January 1, 2024, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists may also supervise these programs. The bill expedites the effective date of these changes to January 1, 2021, and also allows these practitioners to administer programs in their offices, prepare and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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