3.0.0 72 2023-01-11T20:04:13Z 2023-01-11T20:04:13Z Senate S S 2007-01-04 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-04T20:05:12Z 2007-01-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S84) IntroReferral 2007-01-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S84) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN N Health Hospital care Medicare Social Welfare Social work Health 00 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-19T15:37:52Z Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of covered clinical social worker services according to a new reimbursement methodology similar to the one currently used for other health care professionals. Provides coverage and reimbursement under the new methodology for supplies furnished incident to such services. Excludes the services of clinical social workers from the definition of "inpatient hospital services" for purposes of Medicare.

]]> Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide improved reimbursement for clinical social worker services under the medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s72is/xml/BILLS-110s72is.xml 2007-01-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S84) 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.