Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019
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S 895 — Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019
Last action — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2048)
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019 This bill permanently extends the rule to not enforce the Medicare direct-supervision requirements for outpatient, therapeutic services at critical access hospitals and small, rural hospitals. Such rule permits therapeutic services to be administered at such hospitals outside a physician or nonphysician practitioner's presence.
Bill Text
- Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html March 27, 2019
Compared against current U.S. Code AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.
The bill permanently extends the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals.
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42 U.S.C. 1395m
(x) Permanent Extension of Enforcement Instruction on Supervision Requirements for Outpatient Therapeutic Services in Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals.--On and after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall continue to apply the enforcement instruction described in the notice of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services entitled 'Enforcement Instruction on Supervision Requirements for Outpatient Therapeutic Services in Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals for CY 2013', dated November 1, 2012 (providing for an exception to the restatement and clarification under the final rulemaking changes to the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system and calendar year 2009 payment rates (published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2008, 73 Fed. Reg. 68702 through 68704) with respect to requirements for direct supervision by physicians for therapeutic hospital outpatient services), and extended by section 1 of Public Law 113-198, section 1 of Public Law 114-112, section 16004(a) of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114-255), and section 51007 of the Bipartisan Budget Act (Public Law 115-123), and reinstated for calendar years 2018 and 2019 under the final rule entitled 'Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs' published on December 14, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 59216).
This addition establishes a permanent enforcement instruction regarding supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services specifically in critical access and small rural hospitals.
Action History
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Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2048)
Sponsors
- John Thune · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 546 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Thune, John Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (546)
546 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does S 895 do?
- Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019 This bill permanently extends the rule to not enforce the Medicare direct-supervision requirements for outpatient, therapeutic services at critical access hospitals and small, rural hospitals. Such rule permits therapeutic services to be administered at such hospitals outside a physician or nonphysician practitioner's presence.
- Who sponsors S 895?
- S 895 is sponsored by Thune, John (Republican).
- What is the current status of S 895?
- This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track S 895?
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