US Congress House Bill 170 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rural Health Care Provider Relief Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, during a specified extension period, to extend the therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction (the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, as extended for calendar year 2013 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and through calendar year 2014 by Public Law 113-198). Directs the Secretary to study the impact (including the economic impact and the impact upon hospital staffing needs, if any) on critical access hospitals and small rural hospitals of not extending the therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction.

Rural Health Care Provider Relief Act of 2015

Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-01-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-01-06	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-01-06	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-01-06	House	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.
2015-01-06	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/170/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr170/BILLS-114hr170ih.pdf