[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3912 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3912

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the 
    exceptions process with respect to caps on payments for therapy 
                  services under the Medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2006

Mr. Ensign (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Collins, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. 
    Talent) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the 
    exceptions process with respect to caps on payments for therapy 
                  services under 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 ``Securing Effective and Necessary 
Individual Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (SENIORS) Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EXCEPTIONS PROCESS FOR MEDICARE THERAPY CAPS.

    Section 1833(g)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395l(g)(5)) is amended by striking ``2006'' and inserting ``the period 
beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on December 31, 2007,''.
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