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H.R. 626

Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017

Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for purposes of determining whether inpatient rehabilitation-facility services are reasonable and necessary under Medicare, to include recreational-therapy services among the therapeutic modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation-therapy program.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5](R-PA)Sponsor
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  1. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Health Subcommittee
  2. IntroReferralB00100

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721)

  3. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

    Ways and Means Committee
  4. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  5. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017 — Informed