United States · Bill · S
S. 596 (116th)
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for direct payment to physician assistants under the Medicare program for certain services furnished by such physician assistants.
Introduced
28 February 2019
Last action
28 February 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND], Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
This bill allows direct payment, under the Medicare program, to physician assistants for certain services furnished to enrollees.
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Timeline
28 February 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
28 February 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 28 February 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/596
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/596
- us · 116-s-596 · source updated 5 December 2025