Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 12, 2007 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.
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007 - Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to revise the classification criterion used to determine whether a hospital or hospital unit is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Eliminates the current schedule of applicable percentages. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, instead, to require in the classification criterion a compliance rate no greater than the 60% compliance rate that became effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2005.
Requires the Secretary, for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2007, to include patients with comorbidity in the inpatient population that counts towards such 60% compliance rate.
Requires the Secretary, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, fiscal intermediaries, Medicare administrative contractors, recovery audit contractors, and other government agents to use and apply the criteria established in HCFA Ruling 85-2, as issued on July 31, 1985, as the sole standard for determining the medical necessity of services provided by inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units to beneficiaries under the Medicare program.
Cosponsors 61
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2007 to Jan 22, 2008; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Feb 12, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Feb 12, 2007 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Feb 12, 2007 |
| R-KY | Jim Bunning | Original | Feb 12, 2007 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Feb 12, 2007 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Feb 12, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Feb 12, 2007 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Feb 12, 2007 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Feb 15, 2007 | |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Feb 26, 2007 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Feb 26, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Mar 13, 2007 | |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Mar 13, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Mar 13, 2007 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| R-VA | John Warner | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Apr 10, 2007 | |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Apr 10, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Apr 10, 2007 | |
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Apr 23, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | May 1, 2007 | |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | May 1, 2007 | |
| R-AL | Richard C. Shelby | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | May 10, 2007 | |
| R-NH | John E. Sununu | May 10, 2007 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | May 11, 2007 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | May 11, 2007 | |
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | May 11, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | May 11, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | May 17, 2007 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | May 22, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | May 23, 2007 | |
| R-TN | Bob Corker | Jun 4, 2007 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Jun 4, 2007 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| R-MS | Trent Lott | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Jun 19, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Jul 24, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Jim Webb | Jul 25, 2007 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Jul 26, 2007 | |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Sep 26, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Jan 22, 2008 |
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 Feb 12, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 12, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1850)
- Feb 12, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S15991 | Ben Nelson D-NE | Dec 19, 2007 |
| Senate | Amendments S15252 | Ben Nelson D-NE (amendment) | Dec 12, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1850 | Ben Nelson D-NE | Feb 12, 2007 |
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 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-133 | DOD/VA COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION TO MEET THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF RETURNING SERVICEMEMBERS143 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 27, 2007 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 3832 | No description on file | Ben Nelson D-NE | 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 improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2007Introduced in Senate
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