S. 1461 · 114th Congress
A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient…
Full title
A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.
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- Senate Introduced May 22, 2015
- Senate Passed Sep 10, 2015
- House Passed Dec 8, 2015
- President To the President Dec 9, 2015
- President Signed Dec 18, 2015
- Law Dec 18, 2015
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 18, 2015
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 30, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.
Latest action (Dec 18, 2015): Became Public Law No: 114-112.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 22, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced May 22, 2015
- Senate Passed Sep 10, 2015
- House Passed Dec 8, 2015
- President To the President Dec 9, 2015
- President Signed Dec 18, 2015
- Law Dec 18, 2015
No recorded floor vote found.