United States · Bill · S
S. 493 (108th)
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2003
Introduced
27 February 2003
Last action
27 February 2003 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ], Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize qualified physical therapists to provide services for Medicare beneficiaries without the requirement of a physician referral. Provides for treatment of outpatient speech-language pathology services separately from outpatient physical therapy services.
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Timeline
27 February 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
27 February 2003
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2977-2978)
Source: IntroReferral
27 February 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 27 February 2003 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/493
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/493
- us · 108-s-493 · source updated 18 August 2025