3.0.0 977 2023-01-11T13:36:55Z 2023-01-11T13:36:55Z Senate S 2017-04-27 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-27T18:58:04Z Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017 115 3820 HR 2017-09-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act 115 6225 HR 2018-07-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2017-04-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2619-2620; text of measure as introduced: CR S2620) IntroReferral 2017-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2017-04-27 True Health Allied health services Hearing, speech, and vision care Home and outpatient care Medicare Health 00 2017-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-17T17:56:49Z Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017

This bill establishes circumstances under which an occupational therapist may conduct an initial or comprehensive assessment for an individual who is eligible for home health services under Medicare. Specifically, an occupational therapist may conduct the assessment if the physician's referral order does not include skilled nursing care but does include: (1) occupational therapy, and (2) physical therapy or speech language pathology.

]]> Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017 Display Title Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to permit occupational therapists to conduct the initial assessment visit and complete the comprehensive assessment under a Medicare home health plan of care for certain rehabilitation cases. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s977is/xml/BILLS-115s977is.xml 2017-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2619-2620; text of measure as introduced: CR S2620) 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.