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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-807| House 
| Updated: 2/10/2017
Erik Paulsen

Erik Paulsen

Republican Representative

Minnesota

Cosponsors (241)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Chris Stewart (Republican)Paul A. Gosar (Republican)Donald Norcross (Democratic)David Loebsack (Democratic)Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Mia B. Love (Republican)Tim Ryan (Democratic)F. James Sensenbrenner (Republican)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Tom Cole (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)Kay Granger (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Richard M. Nolan (Democratic)Gregg Harper (Republican)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Devin Nunes (Republican)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)Pete Olson (Republican)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Charles W. Dent (Republican)Nita M. Lowey (Democratic)Robin L. Kelly (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Don Young (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Peter T. King (Republican)James R. Langevin (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Steve Stivers (Republican)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Lee M. Zeldin (Republican)Kristi L. Noem (Republican)Brian Higgins (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)Darin LaHood (Republican)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Pete Aguilar (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Glenn Thompson (Republican)David Scott (Democratic)Tim Murphy (Republican)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Jackie Walorski (Republican)Paul Cook (Republican)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Stevan Pearce (Republican)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Lynn Jenkins (Republican)John J. Faso (Republican)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Pete Sessions (Republican)Niki Tsongas (Democratic)David Rouzer (Republican)John R. Curtis (Republican)Debbie Dingell (Democratic)Leonard Lance (Republican)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Susan A. Davis (Democratic)Suzan K. DelBene (Democratic)Jeff Duncan (Republican)Scott H. Peters (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)David Young (Republican)Tim Walberg (Republican)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Bruce Poliquin (Republican)Keith J. Rothfus (Republican)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Rosa L. DeLauro (Democratic)Billy Long (Republican)Michael E. Capuano (Democratic)Collin C. Peterson (Democratic)Lou Barletta (Republican)Rob Bishop (Republican)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Sam Johnson (Republican)Mike Bishop (Republican)Danny K. Davis (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Rod Blum (Republican)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Frank A. LoBiondo (Republican)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)Scott Perry (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Elizabeth H. Esty (Democratic)Luke Messer (Republican)Ralph Lee Abraham (Republican)Martha McSally (Republican)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Walter B. Jones (Republican)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Kurt Schrader (Democratic)Paul Mitchell (Independent)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Patrick Meehan (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)André Carson (Democratic)Brendan F. Boyle (Democratic)Andy Barr (Republican)Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican)Christopher H. Smith (Republican)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)John B. Larson (Democratic)David P. Joyce (Republican)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)Joe Wilson (Republican)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)Ted Poe (Republican)Timothy J. Walz (Democratic)Ann Wagner (Republican)Rodney Davis (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)Peter J. Roskam (Republican)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Doris O. Matsui (Democratic)Ryan A. Costello (Republican)David E. Price (Democratic)Filemon Vela (Democratic)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Bill Shuster (Republican)Sander M. Levin (Democratic)Chris Collins (Republican)Blake Farenthold (Republican)John Lewis (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Brian J. Mast (Republican)Ami Bera (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)James Comer (Republican)Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican)Denny Heck (Democratic)Daniel Lipinski (Democratic)Thomas J. Rooney (Republican)Norma J. Torres (Democratic)Larry Bucshon (Republican)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Tom Marino (Republican)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Mark E. Amodei (Republican)Mike Quigley (Democratic)Lois Frankel (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)Sam Graves (Republican)Mike Bost (Republican)Diana DeGette (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)David G. Valadao (Republican)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Mac Thornberry (Republican)Adam Smith (Democratic)Ron Kind (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Dennis A. Ross (Republican)Rick Larsen (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Albio Sires (Democratic)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Robert A. Brady (Democratic)Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (Republican)Mike Thompson (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Susan W. Brooks (Republican)David A. Trott (Republican)Linda T. Sánchez (Democratic)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)Kevin Yoder (Republican)Mike Coffman (Republican)Gwen Moore (Democratic)John K. Delaney (Democratic)Jimmy Gomez (Democratic)Harold Rogers (Republican)Grace Meng (Democratic)Cheri Bustos (Democratic)K. Michael Conaway (Republican)Bradley Scott Schneider (Democratic)John J. Duncan (Republican)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Bill Johnson (Republican)Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican)Lloyd Doggett (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Mimi Walters (Republican)Barbara Comstock (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Bill Pascrell (Democratic)Duncan D. Hunter (Republican)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Feb 1, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 115-253
Introduced in Senate
Feb 1, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 1, 2017
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.
Feb 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • February 1, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 115-253
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 1, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 1, 2017
    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.


  • February 3, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • February 10, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Related Bills

  • S 115-253: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
Home and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-807| House 
| Updated: 2/10/2017
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.
View Full Text

Suggested Questions

Get AI-generated questions to help you understand this bill better

Timeline
Feb 1, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 115-253
Introduced in Senate
Feb 1, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 1, 2017
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.
Feb 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • February 1, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 115-253
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 1, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 1, 2017
    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.


  • February 3, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • February 10, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Erik Paulsen

Erik Paulsen

Republican Representative

Minnesota

Cosponsors (241)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Chris Stewart (Republican)Paul A. Gosar (Republican)Donald Norcross (Democratic)David Loebsack (Democratic)Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Mia B. Love (Republican)Tim Ryan (Democratic)F. James Sensenbrenner (Republican)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Tom Cole (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)Kay Granger (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Richard M. Nolan (Democratic)Gregg Harper (Republican)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Devin Nunes (Republican)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)Pete Olson (Republican)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Charles W. Dent (Republican)Nita M. Lowey (Democratic)Robin L. Kelly (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Don Young (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Peter T. King (Republican)James R. Langevin (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Steve Stivers (Republican)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Lee M. Zeldin (Republican)Kristi L. Noem (Republican)Brian Higgins (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)Darin LaHood (Republican)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Pete Aguilar (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Glenn Thompson (Republican)David Scott (Democratic)Tim Murphy (Republican)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Jackie Walorski (Republican)Paul Cook (Republican)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Stevan Pearce (Republican)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Lynn Jenkins (Republican)John J. Faso (Republican)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Pete Sessions (Republican)Niki Tsongas (Democratic)David Rouzer (Republican)John R. Curtis (Republican)Debbie Dingell (Democratic)Leonard Lance (Republican)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Susan A. Davis (Democratic)Suzan K. DelBene (Democratic)Jeff Duncan (Republican)Scott H. Peters (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)David Young (Republican)Tim Walberg (Republican)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Bruce Poliquin (Republican)Keith J. Rothfus (Republican)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Rosa L. DeLauro (Democratic)Billy Long (Republican)Michael E. Capuano (Democratic)Collin C. Peterson (Democratic)Lou Barletta (Republican)Rob Bishop (Republican)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Sam Johnson (Republican)Mike Bishop (Republican)Danny K. Davis (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Rod Blum (Republican)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Frank A. LoBiondo (Republican)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)Scott Perry (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Elizabeth H. Esty (Democratic)Luke Messer (Republican)Ralph Lee Abraham (Republican)Martha McSally (Republican)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Walter B. Jones (Republican)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Kurt Schrader (Democratic)Paul Mitchell (Independent)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Patrick Meehan (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)André Carson (Democratic)Brendan F. Boyle (Democratic)Andy Barr (Republican)Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican)Christopher H. Smith (Republican)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)John B. Larson (Democratic)David P. Joyce (Republican)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)Joe Wilson (Republican)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)Ted Poe (Republican)Timothy J. Walz (Democratic)Ann Wagner (Republican)Rodney Davis (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)Peter J. Roskam (Republican)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Doris O. Matsui (Democratic)Ryan A. Costello (Republican)David E. Price (Democratic)Filemon Vela (Democratic)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Bill Shuster (Republican)Sander M. Levin (Democratic)Chris Collins (Republican)Blake Farenthold (Republican)John Lewis (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Brian J. Mast (Republican)Ami Bera (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)James Comer (Republican)Blaine Luetkemeyer (Republican)Denny Heck (Democratic)Daniel Lipinski (Democratic)Thomas J. Rooney (Republican)Norma J. Torres (Democratic)Larry Bucshon (Republican)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Tom Marino (Republican)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Mark E. Amodei (Republican)Mike Quigley (Democratic)Lois Frankel (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)Sam Graves (Republican)Mike Bost (Republican)Diana DeGette (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)David G. Valadao (Republican)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Mac Thornberry (Republican)Adam Smith (Democratic)Ron Kind (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Dennis A. Ross (Republican)Rick Larsen (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Albio Sires (Democratic)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Robert A. Brady (Democratic)Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (Republican)Mike Thompson (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Susan W. Brooks (Republican)David A. Trott (Republican)Linda T. Sánchez (Democratic)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)Kevin Yoder (Republican)Mike Coffman (Republican)Gwen Moore (Democratic)John K. Delaney (Democratic)Jimmy Gomez (Democratic)Harold Rogers (Republican)Grace Meng (Democratic)Cheri Bustos (Democratic)K. Michael Conaway (Republican)Bradley Scott Schneider (Democratic)John J. Duncan (Republican)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Bill Johnson (Republican)Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican)Lloyd Doggett (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Mimi Walters (Republican)Barbara Comstock (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Bill Pascrell (Democratic)Duncan D. Hunter (Republican)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • S 115-253: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Home and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare