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S. 253 (115th)

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017

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Introduced

1 February 2017

Last action

1 February 2017 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S596-597; text of measure as introduced: CR S597)

Sponsors

Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA], Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

11 August 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 This bill repeals existing caps on Medicare payment for certain outpatient physical-therapy services and speech-language pathology services. Under current law, annual payment for such services is capped at $1,980 in 2017, with specified percentage increases to that limit in subsequent years.

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Timeline

  1. 1 February 2017

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S596-597; text of measure as introduced: CR S597)

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 1 February 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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