3.0.0 4423 2023-01-11T13:45:21Z 2023-01-11T13:45:21Z Senate S 2020-08-04 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-04T20:46:25Z COVID-19 Hospice Respite Care Relief Act of 2020 116 8322 HR 2020-09-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2020-08-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-08-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2020-08-04 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-09-08 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2020-09-08 False Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Infectious and parasitic diseases Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Health 00 2020-08-04 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-20T18:25:27Z COVID-19 Hospice Respite Care Relief Act of 2020

This bill authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to waive certain limitations with respect to Medicare coverage of hospice care during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the CMS may allow respite care to be provided in other settings besides inpatient facilities and may allow such care to be provided for up to 15 (rather than up to 5) consecutive days.

]]> COVID–19 Hospice Respite Care Relief Act of 2020 Display Title COVID–19 Hospice Respite Care Relief Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced COVID–19 Hospice Respite Care Relief Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the authority to temporarily modify certain Medicare requirements for hospice care during the COVID public health emergency. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4423is/xml/BILLS-116s4423is.xml 2020-08-04 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.