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.

R GrassleySponsor

33 cosponsors · 16 D, 16 R, 1 I

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Jul 30, 2015

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area 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 (Jul 30, 2015): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 177.

Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 29, 2015

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

No recorded floor vote found.