[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 807 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 807

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 1, 2017

  Mr. Paulsen (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
Meehan, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
Ruppersberger, Mr. Cicilline, Mrs. Comstock, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. 
Stewart, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
   Carter of Georgia, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. 
McCollum, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Blumenauer, 
Mr. Barletta, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Foster, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Carson of 
   Indiana, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Larson of 
Connecticut, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Frankel of Florida, 
  Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. 
Heck, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Marino, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
 Langevin, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, 
Mr. Abraham, Mr. Lowenthal, and Mr. Poliquin) 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 2017''.

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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