US Congress Senate Bill 594 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish and biennially update a list of all rehabilitation innovation centers. The bill defines rehabilitation innovation centers as nonprofit or government-owned rehabilitation facilities that (1) hold specified federal research and training designations for traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, or stroke rehabilitation research; and (2) serve at least a certain number of Medicare patients. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must analyze the three most recent years of cost report data for all rehabilitation innovation centers and assess the payment adequacy for such innovation centers under Medicare.

Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2019

Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB1901 (Same As) 2019-03-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/594/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s594/BILLS-116s594is.pdf