Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022
This bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish and biennially update a list of all rehabilitation innovation centers. The bill defines rehabilitation innovation centers as rehabilitation facilities that (1) hold specified federal research and training designations for traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury research, and (2) serve at least a certain number of Medicare patients. The CMS may waive such criteria as it deems appropriate.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9271 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9271
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to
rehabilitation innovation centers under the Medicare program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 3, 2022
Ms. Schakowsky (for herself, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Hern, Ms.
Newman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Casten, Mr. Schneider, and Mr. Bost)
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 preserve access to
rehabilitation innovation centers under the Medicare program.
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 ``Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial
Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. PRESERVING ACCESS TO REHABILITATION INNOVATION CENTERS UNDER
MEDICARE.
(a) In General.--Section 1886(j)(7)(E) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395ww(j)(7)(E)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Public availability of data submitted.--
The'' and inserting ``Public availability of data submitted.--
``(i) In general.--The''; and
(2) by inserting after clause (i), as redesignated by
paragraph (1), the following new clauses:
``(ii) Public recognition of rehabilitation
innovation centers.--Beginning not later than
18 months after the date of the enactment of
this clause, the Secretary shall make publicly
available on such Internet website, in addition
to the information required to be reported on
such website under clause (i), a list of all
rehabilitation innovation centers, and shall
update such list on such website not less
frequently than biennially. In carrying out the
activities under this clause, the Secretary
may, as permitted by law, disseminate research,
best practices, and other clinical information
identified or developed by such rehabilitation
innovation centers to, as determined
appropriate by the Secretary, Federal agencies,
hospitals, health professional organizations,
and national and State accreditation bodies.
``(iii) Rehabilitation innovation centers
defined.--For purposes of clause (ii), the term
`rehabilitation innovation centers' means a
rehabilitation facility that, as of the
applicable date (as defined in clause (v)), is
a rehabilitation facility described in clause
(iv).
``(iv) Rehabilitation facility described.--
``(I) In general.--Subject to
subclause (II), a rehabilitation
facility described in this clause is a
rehabilitation facility that--
``(aa) is classified as a
rehabilitation facility under
the IRF Rate Setting File for
the Inpatient Rehabilitation
Facility Prospective Payment
System for Federal Fiscal Year
2019 (83 Fed. Reg. 38514), or
any successor regulations that
contain such information;
``(bb) holds at least one
Federal rehabilitation research
and training designation for
research projects on traumatic
brain injury or spinal cord
injury from the National
Institute on Disability,
Independent Living, and
Rehabilitation Research at the
Department of Health and Human
Services, based on such data
submitted to the Secretary by a
facility, in a form, manner,
and time frame specified by the
Secretary;
``(cc) submits to the
Secretary a description of the
clinical research enterprise of
the facility and a summary of
research activities of the
facility that are supported by
Federal agencies;
``(dd) has a minimum
Medicare estimated weight per
discharge of 1.20 for the most
recent fiscal year for which
such information is available
according to the IRF Rate
Setting File described in item
(aa), or any successor
regulations that contain such
information; and
``(ee) has a minimum
teaching status of 0.075 for
the most recent fiscal year for
which such information is
available according to the IRF
Rate Setting File described in
item (aa), or any successor
regulations that contain such
information.
``(II) Waiver.--The Secretary may,
as determined appropriate, waive any of
the requirements under items (aa)
through (ee) of subclause (I).
``(v) Applicable date defined.--For
purposes of clauses (iii) and (iv), the term
`applicable date' means--
``(I) with respect to the initial
publication of a list under clause
(ii), the date of the enactment of such
clause; and
``(II) with respect to the
publication of an updated list under
clause (ii), a date specified by the
Secretary that is not more than one
year prior to the date of such
publication.
``(vi) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law the Secretary may
implement clauses (ii) through (v) by program
instruction or otherwise.
``(vii) Nonapplication of paperwork
reduction act.--Chapter 35 of title 44, United
States Code, shall not apply to data collected
under clauses (ii) through (v).''.
(b) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to
Congress a report containing any recommendations for such legislation
or administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate to
preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers (as defined in
section 1886(j)(7)(E)(iii) of the Social Security Act, as added by
subsection (a)).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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.
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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