Outpatient Therapy Modernization and Stabilization Act
Latest action · Jun 11, 2020 Referred 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.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 11, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Outpatient Therapy Modernization and Stabilization Act
This bill modifies payment and funding for certain outpatient therapy services under Medicare.
Among other things, the bill specifically includes physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other specified practitioners who are enrolled as Medicare suppliers as eligible suppliers who may receive COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds under the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.
The bill also permanently allows physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists to provide telehealth services under Medicare, and includes specified therapy services as eligible Medicare telehealth services. (Currently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is authorized to waive requirements for Medicare telehealth services during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19, and it has done so to allow all providers that are otherwise eligible to furnish in-person services under Medicare to also furnish telehealth services.)
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2020 to Sep 16, 2020, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Jun 11, 2020 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jun 11, 2020 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Jun 11, 2020 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Jun 11, 2020 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Jun 11, 2020 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Jun 11, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Original | Jun 11, 2020 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Jun 11, 2020 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Jul 31, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Sep 16, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2020Introduced in House
- Jun 11, 2020Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Hearing, speech, and vision care
- Home and outpatient care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Medicare
- Telephone and wireless communication
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2020Introduced in House
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