3.0.0 313 2023-01-11T13:28:47Z 2023-01-11T13:28:47Z Senate S 2015-01-29 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2015-07-30T22:39:12Z Markup by 2015-06-24T15:38:20Z Referred to 2015-01-29T21:08:19Z S. Rept. 114-98 Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 114 556 HR 2015-02-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-07-30 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 177. Calendars 2015-07-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-98. Committee 2015-07-30 Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-98. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfi00 Finance Committee 2015-06-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2015-01-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-01-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-01-29 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2015-01-29 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2015-01-29 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2015-02-23 False H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2015-02-24 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-02-25 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2015-03-02 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2015-03-09 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2015-03-16 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2015-04-14 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-05-19 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2015-06-08 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2015-06-08 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2015-06-09 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-06-09 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2015-06-10 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2015-06-16 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2015-06-17 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-06-18 False G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2015-06-22 False A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2015-06-23 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2015-06-23 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-06-23 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-06-23 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2015-07-09 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-07-13 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2015-07-21 False K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2015-10-29 False P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2016-04-26 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2016-05-19 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2016-05-23 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2016-06-27 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2016-12-05 False 2015-07-17T15:54:17Z S. 313, Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50376 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on June 24, 2015 Health Allied health services Contracts and agency Health personnel Medicare Health 00 2015-01-29 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-18T21:52:30Z Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015

Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians.

(Locum tenens [place holder], or substitute, physicians usually assume professional practices in the absence of a regular physician for reasons such as illness, pregnancy, vacation, or continuing medical education.)

]]> 01 2015-07-30 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2015-08-05T14:26:26Z Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians.

(Locum tenens [place holder], or substitute, physicians usually assume professional practices in the absence of a regular physician for reasons such as illness, pregnancy, vacation, or continuing medical education.)

]]> Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 Display Title Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements under Medicare. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 S Senate Reported to Senate 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s313rs/xml/BILLS-114s313rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s313is/xml/BILLS-114s313is.xml 2015-07-30 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 177. 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.