US Congress Senate Bill 1954 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 11 2014 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), to continue to apply through calendar year 2014 the enforcement instruction on physician supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, as extended in November 2012 for calendar year 2013 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (The instruction directs Medicare contractors not to evaluate or enforce such requirements until the policy on supervision of such services could be revisited.)

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 2014.

Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Sen. John Thune [R-SD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-02-11	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2014-02-11	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-02-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2014-02-11	House	Received in the House.
2014-02-11	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2014-02-10	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S855)
2014-02-10	Senate	Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S855)
2014-01-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB4067 (Same As) 2014-12-04 - Became Public Law No: 113-198.
SB2359 (Related) 2014-05-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1954/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1954/BILLS-113s1954is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1954/BILLS-113s1954es.pdf