Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 24, 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.
What just happenedFeb 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 24, 2017
- Feb 2, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jan 30, 2017IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721)
- Jan 24, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Jan 24, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 24, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House