Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 6826 (110th)

Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2008

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

1 August 2008

Last action

1 August 2008 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14], Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1], Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18], Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10], Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

6 December 2025

Healthcare

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise conditions of and limitations on payment for home health care services. Allows payment for home health services to Medicare beneficiaries by: (1) a nurse practitioner; (2) a clinical nurse specialist working in collaboration with a physician in accordance with state law; (3) a certified nurse-midwife; or (4) a physician assistant under a physician's supervision.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 1 August 2008

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  2. 1 August 2008

    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

  3. 1 August 2008

    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

  4. 1 August 2008

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 1 August 2008

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 1 August 2008

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 1 August 2008

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 1 August 2008

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.