Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-713
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-14
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the caps on Medicare outpatient rehabilitation physical therapy services and speech-language pathology services.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 713 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2013 Mr. Gerlach (for himself and Mr. Becerra ) introduced the following bill; which was 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 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2013 . 2. Outpatient therapy cap repeal Section 1833 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l ) is amended by striking subsection (g).