Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 24 January 2017

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 24 January 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 24 January 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 30 January 2017

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721)

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 2 February 2017

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 24 January 2017 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 24 January 2017

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 24 January 2017

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 January 2017

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Sponsors

• Glenn Thompson · R · Sponsor
• G. K. Butterfield · D · Sponsor
• · hswm00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2015