HR 748 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007

Introduced Jan 31, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Xavier Becerra D-CA

Latest action · Feb 7, 2007 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.

IntroducedJan 31, 2007
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the outpatient therapy cap.

Cosponsors 230

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2007 to Sep 23, 2008; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering	Original	Jan 31, 2007
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Jan 31, 2007
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Jan 31, 2007
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Original	Jan 31, 2007
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Feb 5, 2007
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Feb 5, 2007
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Feb 5, 2007
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Feb 5, 2007
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Feb 5, 2007
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Feb 5, 2007
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Feb 5, 2007
R-AR	John Boozman		Feb 5, 2007
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Feb 5, 2007
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Feb 5, 2007
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		Feb 5, 2007
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Feb 5, 2007
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Feb 5, 2007
R-TX	Ron Paul		Feb 5, 2007
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Feb 5, 2007
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Feb 5, 2007
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Feb 7, 2007
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Feb 7, 2007
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Feb 7, 2007
R-IL	John Shimkus		Feb 7, 2007
R-NE	Lee Terry		Feb 7, 2007
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Feb 7, 2007
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Feb 7, 2007
R-VA	Tom Davis		Feb 7, 2007
D-NC	David E. Price		Feb 8, 2007
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Feb 8, 2007
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Feb 8, 2007
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Feb 8, 2007
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Feb 8, 2007
D-MA	Barney Frank		Feb 15, 2007
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Feb 15, 2007
D-TN	John S. Tanner		Feb 15, 2007
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Feb 15, 2007
R-KY	Ron Lewis		Feb 15, 2007
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Feb 16, 2007
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski		Feb 16, 2007
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Feb 16, 2007
R-IA	Tom Latham		Feb 16, 2007
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Mar 1, 2007
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Mar 1, 2007
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Mar 1, 2007
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Mar 1, 2007
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 1, 2007
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Mar 1, 2007
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Mar 1, 2007
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Mar 1, 2007
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Mar 1, 2007
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Mar 1, 2007
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Mar 1, 2007
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Mar 1, 2007
D-NY	Steve Israel		Mar 1, 2007
D-PA	Tim Holden		Mar 1, 2007
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Mar 6, 2007
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Mar 6, 2007
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Mar 6, 2007
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Mar 14, 2007
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Mar 19, 2007
D-CA	Lois Capps		Mar 19, 2007
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Mar 19, 2007
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Mar 26, 2007
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Mar 26, 2007
D-CA	Sam Farr		Mar 26, 2007
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Apr 17, 2007
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Apr 17, 2007
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Apr 17, 2007
D-AR	Marion Berry		Apr 17, 2007
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Apr 17, 2007
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Apr 17, 2007
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Apr 17, 2007
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Apr 17, 2007
D-MA	John W. Olver		Apr 18, 2007
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Apr 26, 2007
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Apr 26, 2007
D-IA	David Loebsack		Apr 26, 2007
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Apr 26, 2007
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Apr 26, 2007
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		May 1, 2007
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		May 1, 2007
D-TX	Gene Green		May 8, 2007
D-IL	Phil Hare		May 8, 2007
D-IL	Rahm Emanuel		May 8, 2007
R-PA	Tim Murphy		May 8, 2007
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		May 14, 2007
D-KS	Dennis Moore		May 16, 2007
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		May 16, 2007
D-FL	Robert Wexler		May 16, 2007
D-TN	Bart Gordon		May 24, 2007
R-LA	Bobby Jindal		May 24, 2007
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		May 24, 2007
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		May 24, 2007
D-GA	David Scott		May 24, 2007
D-OR	David Wu		May 24, 2007
R-MI	Fred Upton		May 24, 2007
R-NC	Howard Coble		May 24, 2007
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		May 24, 2007
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		May 24, 2007
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		May 24, 2007
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg		May 24, 2007
R-NY	John M. McHugh		May 24, 2007
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		May 24, 2007
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		May 24, 2007
R-NY	Peter T. King		May 24, 2007
R-UT	Rob Bishop		May 24, 2007
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		May 24, 2007
D-TN	Steve Cohen		May 24, 2007
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		May 24, 2007
D-OH	Tim Ryan		May 24, 2007
R-TN	Zach Wamp		May 24, 2007
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Jun 5, 2007
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Jun 5, 2007
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Jun 5, 2007
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jun 5, 2007
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jun 5, 2007
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jun 5, 2007
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Jun 5, 2007
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Jun 5, 2007
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Jun 5, 2007
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Jun 5, 2007
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jun 5, 2007
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Jun 5, 2007
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Jun 5, 2007
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jun 7, 2007
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jun 7, 2007
D-AZ	Gabrielle Giffords		Jun 7, 2007
D-CO	Mark Udall		Jun 7, 2007
D-NC	Brad Miller		Jun 13, 2007
D-GA	John Barrow		Jun 13, 2007
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jun 13, 2007
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jun 13, 2007
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jun 13, 2007
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jun 15, 2007
R-OR	Greg Walden		Jun 15, 2007
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		Jun 15, 2007
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Jun 15, 2007
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jun 21, 2007
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Jun 21, 2007
D-GA	John Lewis		Jun 21, 2007
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Jun 21, 2007
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Jun 21, 2007
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Jun 28, 2007
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Jun 28, 2007
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Jul 24, 2007
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Jul 24, 2007
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Jul 24, 2007
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Jul 24, 2007
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Jul 24, 2007
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Jul 24, 2007
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Jul 24, 2007
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jul 24, 2007
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Aug 1, 2007
R-TN	David Davis		Aug 1, 2007
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Aug 1, 2007
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Aug 1, 2007
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Aug 2, 2007
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Aug 3, 2007
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Sep 10, 2007
D-AL	Artur Davis		Sep 25, 2007
D-IN	Brad Ellsworth		Sep 25, 2007
R-NV	Dean Heller		Sep 25, 2007
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Sep 25, 2007
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Sep 25, 2007
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Oct 2, 2007
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Oct 2, 2007
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Oct 2, 2007
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Oct 25, 2007
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Oct 25, 2007
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Oct 25, 2007
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Oct 25, 2007
R-TX	John R. Carter		Oct 25, 2007
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Oct 25, 2007
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Oct 25, 2007
D-VT	Peter Welch		Oct 25, 2007
D-FL	Ron Klein		Oct 25, 2007
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake		Oct 25, 2007
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Nov 5, 2007
D-PA	Joe Sestak		Nov 5, 2007
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Nov 5, 2007
R-NY	Vito Fossella		Nov 5, 2007
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		Nov 15, 2007
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Nov 15, 2007
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Nov 15, 2007
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Dec 4, 2007
R-PA	John E. Peterson		Dec 4, 2007
D-NY	Michael A. Arcuri		Dec 4, 2007
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Dec 19, 2007
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Dec 19, 2007
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Dec 19, 2007
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest		Dec 19, 2007
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Feb 6, 2008
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Feb 6, 2008
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Mar 4, 2008
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Apr 9, 2008
R-ID	Bill Sali		Apr 9, 2008
D-PA	Christopher P. Carney		Apr 9, 2008
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Apr 9, 2008
R-AK	Don Young		Apr 9, 2008
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Apr 9, 2008
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Apr 9, 2008
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Apr 9, 2008
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Apr 9, 2008
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Apr 9, 2008
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Apr 29, 2008
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Apr 29, 2008
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Apr 29, 2008
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Apr 29, 2008
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Apr 29, 2008
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Apr 29, 2008
D-OH	Zachary T. Space		Apr 29, 2008
D-IN	André Carson		May 1, 2008
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 1, 2008
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		May 1, 2008
D-MA	James P. McGovern		May 1, 2008
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		May 1, 2008
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		May 1, 2008
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		May 22, 2008
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		May 22, 2008
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		May 22, 2008
D-TX	Nick Lampson		May 22, 2008
R-AZ	Rick Renzi		May 22, 2008
D-WI	Ron Kind		May 22, 2008
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		May 22, 2008
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jun 12, 2008
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jun 12, 2008
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Jul 29, 2008
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Sep 23, 2008
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Sep 23, 2008

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 31, 2007
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 2, 2007
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jan 31, 2007
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 7, 2007

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 7, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 2, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 31, 2007Introduced in House
Jan 31, 2007Referred 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 3

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 110-92	FULL COMMITTEE HEARING ON MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE CUTS: CAN SMALL PRACTICES SURVIVE?119 pages	Small Business Committee	May 8, 2008
Serial No. 110-41	PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN MEDICARE FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROVIDERS164 pages	Ways and Means Committee	May 15, 2007
Serial No. 110-39	OPTIONS TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY AMONG MEDICARE PHYSICIANS110 pages	Ways and Means Committee	May 10, 2007

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 450	Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007	Identical bill	Jan 31, 2007
HR 6331	Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008	Related bill	Jul 15, 2008

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 repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 31, 2007Introduced in House

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