S 3481
118th 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 2023
Introduced: December 13, 2023
Introduced by:
Capito, Shelley Moore
Republican
· West Virginia
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 13, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 13, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2023
This bill 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 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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