A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016.

Bill: 114-s-3129
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2016-07-06
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel

Home and outpatient care

Hospital care

Medicare

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2016-07-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-07-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3129 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 6, 2016 Mr. Thune (for himself, Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Moran , and Mr. Tester ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016.

1. Extension of enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016 Section 1 of Public Law 113–198 , as amended by section 1 of Public Law 114–112 , is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking and 2015 and inserting , 2015, and 2016 ; and (2) by striking and 2015 and inserting , 2015, and 2016 .