United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2969 (113th)
Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2013
Introduced
1 August 2013
Last action
2 August 2013 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3], Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2], Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3], Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients.
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Timeline
1 August 2013
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
1 August 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
1 August 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
2 August 2013
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 1 August 2013 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] · D · Cosponsor
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- · hswm00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Medicare Hospice Care Access Act of 2013
- related to ← SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013
- related to ← Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
- related to ← Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
- related to ← Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
- related to ← Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2014
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2969
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2969
- us · 113-hr-2969 · source updated 5 December 2025