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<item congress="114" measure-type="s" measure-number="1461" measure-id="id114s1461" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2015-05-22" update-date="2016-01-07">
<title>A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.</title>
<summary summary-id="id114s1461v49" currentChamber="BOTH" update-date="2016-01-07">
<action-date>2015-12-18</action-date>
<action-desc>Public Law</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 30, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p>(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id114s1461v81" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2016-01-04">
<action-date>2015-12-08</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 30, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p>(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id114s1461v35" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-09-15">
<action-date>2015-09-10</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed Senate amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 30, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p>(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id114s1461v01" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-08-14">
<action-date>2015-07-30</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to Senate amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id114s1461v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-06-12">
<action-date>2015-05-22</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
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