3.0.0 1013 2023-01-11T13:27:28Z 2023-01-11T13:27:28Z Senate S 2015-04-20 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-20T20:10:51Z Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015 114 1516 HR 2015-04-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-04-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-04-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-04-20 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2015-04-27 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2015-04-28 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-04-28 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-05-12 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2015-05-13 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2015-06-02 False K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2015-06-08 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-06-08 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-07-07 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2015-07-07 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2015-09-30 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-10-07 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2015-10-20 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2016-06-27 False A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2016-06-29 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2016-06-29 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2016-07-11 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2016-09-13 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Disability and paralysis Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health technology, devices, supplies Licensing and registrations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Musculoskeletal and skin diseases Neurological disorders Product safety and quality Health 00 2015-04-20 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-07T20:10:12Z Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover, as medical and other health services, complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) items designed or individually configured for a specific qualified individual to meet that individual's unique: (1) medical, physical, or functional needs related to a medical condition; and (2) capacities for basic activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental ADLs.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) designate CRT items (excluding adaptive equipment to operate motor vehicles or certain prosthetic devices and orthotics), and (2) establish eligibility criteria for them.

Prescribes requirements for payments for CRT items.

Directs the Secretary to establish standards for clinical conditions for CRT item payment as well as quality standards for suppliers of such items.

Directs the Secretary to establish a formal process to allow submission of CRT code set modification requests by stakeholder groups for comprehensive coding changes related to entire policy groups.

Requires payment for replacement of a CRT item (or any part of one), without regard to certain continuous use or useful lifetime restrictions established for items of durable medical equipment, if a qualified ordering practitioner determines that a replacement item (or part) is necessary.

]]> Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015 Display Title Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1013is/xml/BILLS-114s1013is.xml 2015-04-20 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.