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S 4605 117th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works

Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022

Introduced: September 7, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 25, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022

This bill restricts the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from decreasing payments for Medicare home health services based on certain adjustments until 2026.

Current law requires the CMS to make certain permanent and temporary payment adjustments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health services based on behavioral assumptions for 2020 through 2026. The bill restricts the CMS from making adjustments that decrease payments until 2026; the CMS must also ensure that any such necessary decreases are made before 2032.

What's happening now July 25, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 8581 Identical bill Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 6

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 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 6 Republican 4 Independent 1
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Dec 21, 2022
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Oct 11, 2022
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Sep 27, 2022
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Sep 22, 2022
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Sep 19, 2022
 I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Sep 15, 2022
 D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Sep 13, 2022
 D
Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Sep 13, 2022
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Kelly, Mark
Arizona · Sep 8, 2022
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Sep 7, 2022
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Aug 3, 2022
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jul 25, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4605: Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4605/
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"S. 4605: Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4605/.
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S. 4605, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4605/.
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