[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 775 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 775

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare 
    outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2015

Mr. Boustany (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
    Ruppersberger, Mr. Farenthold, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Costello of 
  Pennsylvania, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Larson of 
   Connecticut, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
  Foster, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
Joyce, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Honda, Mr. Loebsack, 
  Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Heck of Nevada, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Meehan, Ms. Eddie 
 Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. 
Long, Mr. Ellison, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Harper, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, 
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Huffman, 
   Mr. Ben Ray Lujaan of New Mexico, Mr. Burgess, Ms. Michelle Lujan 
 Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. Brownley of California, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. 
  Beatty, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Frankel of 
 Florida, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Cole, Mr. 
Olson, and Mr. Nolan) 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 repeal the Medicare 
    outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps, and for other purposes.

    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 2015''.

SEC. 2. OUTPATIENT THERAPY CAP REPEAL.

    (a) In General.--Section 1833 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395l) is amended by striking subsection (g).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to services furnished after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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