[History of Bills, Volume 155 (2009)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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H.R. 1829--A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to
authorize physical therapists to evaluate and treat Medicare
beneficiaries without a requirement for a physician referral, and
for other purposes; 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.
By Mr. POMEROY (for himself, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, Ms.
Baldwin, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Ross, Mr. Olver, Mr.
Turner, Mr. Farr, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Higgins, Mr.
Chandler, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Inslee, Mr.
Graves, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Paul, Mr. Langevin,
Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Platts, Mrs. Emerson, Mr.
Blumenauer, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Neal of
Massachusetts, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Putnam,
Mr. McGovern, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr.
DeFazio, Mr. Israel, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Tierney, Mr.
Rohrabacher, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Rogers of
Alabama, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Wu, Mr. Franks of Arizona,
Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Jones, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Young
of Alaska, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. Altmire),
H4250 [31MR]
Cosponsors added, H4525 [2AP], H4735 [23AP], H5063 [30AP], H5097
[4MY], H5400 [7MY], H5667 [14MY], H6015 [21MY], H6266 [4JN], H6619
[11JN], H7947 [9JY], H8303 [16JY], H8708 [23JY], H9281 [31JY], H9442
[10SE], H9730 [17SE], H9962 [24SE], H10457 [1OC], H11167 [8OC],
H11458 [15OC], H11713 [22OC], H12141 [29OC], H12288 [3NO], H13002
[16NO], H13521 [3DE], H15503 [16DE]