Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-807
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-01
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill repeals existing caps on Medicare payment&nbsp;for certain outpatient physical-therapy services and speech-language pathology services. Under current law, annual payment for such services is capped at $1,980 in 2017, with specified percentage increases to that limit in subsequent years.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 807 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 1, 2017 Mr. Paulsen (for himself, Mr. Kind , Mrs. Blackburn , Ms. Matsui , Mr. Meehan , Ms. DelBene , Mrs. Radewagen , Mr. Ryan of Ohio , Mr. Ellison , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. Cicilline , Mrs. Comstock , Ms. Jenkins of Kansas , Mr. Stewart , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Joyce of Ohio , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Barletta , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Foster , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Pascrell , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Ms. Slaughter , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Ms. Frankel of Florida , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Pocan , Mrs. Wagner , Mr. Heck , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Marino , Mr. Young of Alaska , Mr. Langevin , Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. Abraham , Mr. Lowenthal , and Mr. Poliquin ) 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, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 . 2. Outpatient therapy cap repeal (a) In general Section 1833 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l ) is amended by striking subsection (g). (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished after the date of the enactment of this Act.