[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1385 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1385

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the financial 
  limitation on rehabilitation services under part B of the Medicare 
                                Program.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 1999

 Mrs. Emerson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, 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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the financial 
  limitation on rehabilitation services under part B of the Medicare 
                                Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reinstatement of the Medicare 
Rehabilitation Benefit Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FINANCIAL LIMITATION ON REHABILITATION SERVICES.

    (a) Repeal.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1833 of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is amended by striking subsection (g).
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2000.
    (b) Offsetting Portion of Additional Expenditures Through Payment 
Reform.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, for outpatient physical therapy services, outpatient 
        occupational therapy services, and outpatient speech-language 
        pathology services covered under title XVIII of the Social 
        Security Act and furnished on or after January 1, 2001, the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services shall implement a new 
        payment methodology based on the classification of individuals 
        by diagnostic category, functional status, and prior use of 
        services in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
            (2) Budget neutrality in implementation.--Such payment 
        methodology shall be designed so that the methodology, taking 
        into account the increased expenditures resulting from the 
        amendment made by subsection (a), does not result in any 
        increase or decrease in the expenditures under title XVIII of 
        the Social Security Act on a fiscal year basis.
                                 <all>