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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit.

USA115th CongressHR-626| House 
| Updated: 2/2/2017
Glenn Thompson

Glenn Thompson

Republican Representative

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (1)
G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced in House
Jan 24, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 30, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721)
Feb 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • January 24, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • January 24, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


  • January 30, 2017
    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721)


  • February 2, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Allied health servicesHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit.

USA115th CongressHR-626| House 
| Updated: 2/2/2017
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
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced in House
Jan 24, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 30, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721)
Feb 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • January 24, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • January 24, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


  • January 30, 2017
    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721)


  • February 2, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Glenn Thompson

Glenn Thompson

Republican Representative

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (1)
G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Allied health servicesHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare