HR 2013 · in committee · significant
Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Allows Medicare beneficiaries to receive occupational therapy at home without needing other qualifying services first.
- Affects Medicare recipients who need occupational therapy but don't qualify for other home health services.
- Changes Medicare coverage rules with no specified cost impact or implementation timeline in the bill.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would removing the requirement for other qualifying services affect both Medicare costs and access to occupational therapy for homebound seniors?
- 02
Which Medicare beneficiaries currently lack occupational therapy access due to the multi-service requirement, and what evidence supports expanding coverage to them?
- 03
What trade-offs exist between broadening home occupational therapy coverage and maintaining Medicare's fiscal sustainability?
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Sponsor · R-PA-11
Lloyd Smucker
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
26/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-10
Joining the bill
Carol D. Miller
R-WV-1 · original
Lloyd Doggett
D-TX-37 · original
Paul Tonko
D-NY-20 · original
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-PA-1 · original
John Joyce
R-PA-13 · original
Donald G. Davis
D-NC-1 · original
Glenn Thompson
R-PA-15
Rudy Yakym III
R-IN-2
Mike Carey
R-OH-15
Mike Kelly
R-PA-16
W. Gregory Steube
R-FL-17
Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC
+ 14 more
Legislative timeline
2025-03-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
2025-03-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
2025-03-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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