HR 1956
117th Congress
House
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2021
Introduced: March 17, 2021
Introduced by:
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Democratic
· Delaware
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 17, 2021
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.
Mar 17, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2021
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, 2022, and also allows these practitioners to administer programs in their offices, prepare and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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