[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 46 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 46

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare 
                outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 6, 2009

  Mr. Ensign (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Collins, Ms. 
    Stabenow, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Casey, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
  Specter, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Akaka) 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 repeal the Medicare 
                outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.

    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 ``Medicare Access to Rehabilitation 
Services Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. OUTPATIENT THERAPY CAP REPEAL.

    Section 1833 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395(l)), as 
amended by section 141 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and 
Providers Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-275; 122 Stat. 2542), is amended 
by striking subsection (g).
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