[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3426 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3426

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add physical 
  therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens 
                      arrangements under Medicare.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2013

    Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   Energy and 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add physical 
  therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens 
                      arrangements under Medicare.

    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 ``Prevent Interruptions in Physical 
Therapy Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWING PHYSICAL THERAPISTS TO UTILIZE LOCUM TENENS 
              ARRANGEMENTS UNDER MEDICARE.

    (a) In General.--The first sentence of section 1842(b)(6) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' before ``(H)''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, and (I) in the case of outpatient physical 
        therapy services furnished by physical therapists, subparagraph 
        (D) of this sentence shall apply to such services and 
        therapists in the same manner as such subparagraph applies to 
        physicians' services furnished by physicians''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to services furnished after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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