Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2005

Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the outpatient therapy cap.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 438 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 438

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

                           February 17, 2005

  Mr. Ensign (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Hagel, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
    Bingaman, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Hatch) 
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 2005''.

SEC. 2. OUTPATIENT THERAPY CAP REPEAL.

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