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H.R. 556 · 114th Congress

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 114th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

GBR BilirakisSponsor
105 cosponsors · 46 D, 59 R
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6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 27, 2015

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015

Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians.

(Locum tenens [place holder], or substitute, physicians usually assume professional practices in the absence of a regular physician for reasons such as illness, pregnancy, vacation, or continuing medical education.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015

Latest action (Feb 27, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 27, 2015

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.