Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2001

Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal a specified condition on eligibility for Medicare coverage of home health services on the basis of a need for occupational therapy (thus providing for eligibility for occupational therapy coverage without such condition).

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2071 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2071

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for 
  eligibility for coverage of home health services under the Medicare 
        Program on the basis of a need for occupational therapy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2001

 Mr. Andrews (for himself, Mr. English, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, and 
 Mr. Graham) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for 
  eligibility for coverage of home health services under the Medicare 
        Program on the basis of a need for occupational therapy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Occupational Therapy 
Coverage Eligibility Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES ON THE BASIS OF A NEED FOR 
              OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.

    (a) In General.--Sections 1814(a)(2)(C) and 1835(a)(2)(A) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(2)(C) and 1395n(a)(2)(A)) are 
each amended by striking ``or speech therapy'' and all that follows 
through ``need occupational therapy'' and inserting ``, occupational, 
or speech therapy''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to home health services provided on or after October 1, 2001.
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