[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5693 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5693

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand Medicare 
  Rural Health Clinic Services and Federally Qualified Health Center 
             Services to include physical therapy services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2020

Mr. Kind (for himself and Mrs. Walorski) 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 expand Medicare 
  Rural Health Clinic Services and Federally Qualified Health Center 
             Services to include physical therapy services.

    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 ``Primary Health Services Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING MEDICARE RURAL HEALTH CLINIC SERVICES AND FEDERALLY 
              QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER SERVICES TO INCLUDE PHYSICAL 
              THERAPY SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(aa)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking at the end 
                ``and'';
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                subparagraph (D); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) such physical therapy services (as defined in 
                subsection (p)) furnished by a physical therapist, 
                and'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``subparagraphs (A) 
        and (B)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (A) through (C)''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``subparagraphs (A) 
        through (C)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (A) through (D)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to services furnished on or after January 1, 2021.
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