3.0.0 2707 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z Senate S S 2004-07-21 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-07-21T19:38:25Z To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to recognize the services of respiratory therapists under the plan of care for home health services. 108 2905 HR 2003-08-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2004-07-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2004-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000447 Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] CHESTER LOTT R MS TRENT N D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2004-09-28 False Health Home care services Medical fees Medical personnel Medicare Respiratory diseases Social Welfare Health 00 2004-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-29T16:58:01Z Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare recognition of the services of respiratory therapists that are furnished as part-time or intermittent nursing care or physical therapy services under a plan of care for home health services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on the impact of paying for the services of respiratory therapists as a separate benefit under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare, and as an explicit component of the several benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of Medicare.

]]> A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to recognize the services of respiratory therapists under the plan of care for home health services. Display Title A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to recognize the services of respiratory therapists under the plan of care for home health services. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to recognize the services of respiratory therapists under the plan of care for home health services. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2004-07-21T04:00:00Z 2004-07-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.