Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for eligibility for coverage of home health services under the Medicare program on the basis of a need for occupational therapy.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act
This bill allows individuals to receive occupational therapy as a home health service under Medicare without the need for other services. Currently, individuals may only receive occupational therapy as a home health service if they first qualify for home health services based on other needs (e.g., physical therapy).
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- THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)
- THE MCMANUS GROUP
- AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
- THE MCMANUS GROUP
- THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)
- AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Education, Dept of
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- White House Office
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2013: Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2013/
"H.R. 2013: Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2013/.
H.R. 2013, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2013/.
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