HR 2071 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2001

Introduced Jun 6, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Robert E. Andrews D-NJ

Latest action · Jun 20, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 6, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal a specified condition on eligibility for Medicare coverage of home health services on the basis of a need for occupational therapy (thus providing for eligibility for occupational therapy coverage without such condition).

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 6, 2001 to Sep 26, 2002; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-SC	Lindsey Graham	Original	Jun 6, 2001
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Jun 6, 2001
D-WI	Thomas M. Barrett	Original	Jun 6, 2001
D-NC	David E. Price		Jul 24, 2001
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Jul 31, 2001
R-WI	Mark Green		Sep 6, 2001
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Sep 6, 2001
R-MI	Fred Upton		Sep 13, 2001
D-MA	Barney Frank		Oct 5, 2001
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Nov 1, 2001
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Dec 6, 2001
D-MA	John W. Olver		Dec 19, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney		May 22, 2002
D-TX	Martin Frost		May 22, 2002
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jun 13, 2002

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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jun 6, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 20, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 20, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 6, 2001Introduced in House
Jun 6, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for eligibility for coverage of home health services under the Medicare Program on the basis of a need for occupational therapy.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 6, 2001Introduced in House

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