S 569 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 6, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor John Ensign R-NV

Latest action · Mar 6, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

IntroducedMar 6, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy cap.

Cosponsors 51

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2003 to May 19, 2004; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-NE	Chuck Hagel	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-SC	Ernest F. Hollings	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-VA	John Warner	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-SC	Lindsey Graham	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine		Mar 10, 2003
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss		Mar 10, 2003
D-NE	Ben Nelson		Mar 11, 2003
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu		Mar 11, 2003
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Mar 19, 2003

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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
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Mar 7, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 6, 2003Introduced in Senate
Mar 6, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 6, 2003Introduced in Senate

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