Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-367
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2013-02-14
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 367 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 14, 2013 Mr. Cardin (for himself and Ms. Collins ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 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. 1395(l) ) is amended by striking subsection (g).