S 253 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017

Introduced Feb 1, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 1, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S596-597; text of measure as introduced: CR S597)

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 1, 2017
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017

This bill repeals existing caps on Medicare payment for certain outpatient physical-therapy services and speech-language pathology services. Under current law, annual payment for such services is capped at $1,980 in 2017, with specified percentage increases to that limit in subsequent years.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2017 to Jan 3, 2018, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NVDean HellerOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalFeb 1, 2017
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-RIJack ReedFeb 8, 2017
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyFeb 8, 2017
D-RISheldon WhitehouseFeb 8, 2017
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.Feb 10, 2017
R-IAChuck GrassleyFeb 10, 2017
D-MAElizabeth WarrenFeb 10, 2017
D-OHSherrod BrownFeb 13, 2017
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsFeb 14, 2017
D-MIDebbie StabenowFeb 14, 2017
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoFeb 14, 2017
D-NHJeanne ShaheenFeb 28, 2017
R-MORoy BluntFeb 28, 2017
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 1, 2017Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 1, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S596-597; text of measure as introduced: CR S597)

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 807Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017Related billFeb 10, 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 1, 2017Introduced in Senate

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