Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2005

Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make occupational therapy eligible for Medicare coverage of home health services in any event, by repealing the condition that the individual first has needed and been furnished home health skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis or physical or speech therapy, but no longer needs such care or therapy (other than the occupational therapy).

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3022 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3022

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for 
  eligibility for coverage of home health services under the Medicare 
        Program on the basis of a need for occupational therapy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2005

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for 
  eligibility for coverage of home health services under the Medicare 
        Program on the basis of a need for occupational therapy.

    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 Occupational Therapy 
Coverage Eligibility Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES ON THE BASIS OF A NEED FOR 
              OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.

    (a) In General.--Sections 1814(a)(2)(C) and 1835(a)(2)(A) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(2)(C); 1395n(a)(2)(A)) are each 
amended by striking ``or speech therapy'' and all that follows through 
``need occupational therapy'' and inserting ``, occupational, or speech 
therapy''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to home health services provided on or after October 1, 2005.
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