Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2001

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the annual Medicare outpatient caps on certain physical therapy services and on certain occupational therapy services.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1394 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1394

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare 
                outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 4, 2000

  Mr. Ensign introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare 
                outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Access to Rehabilitation 
Services Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. OUTPATIENT THERAPY CAP REPEAL.

    Section 1833 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is 
amended by striking subsection (g).
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