Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

1. 42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(2)(C)changedby H.R. 2013 Sec. 2(a)

   …when receiving items and services referred to in section 1395x(m)(7) of this title) and needs or needed skilled nursing care (other than solely venipuncture for the purpose of obtaining a blood sample) on an intermittent basis or physical or speech therapy, occupational, or speech therapy or, in the case of an individual who has been furnished home health services based on such a need and who no longer has such a need for such care or therapy, continues or continued to need occupational therapy; a plan for furnishing such…

   The bill says: Section 1814(a)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking "or speech therapy" and all that follows through "need occupational therapy" and inserting ", occupational, or speech therapy".

   Bill text · Current law (42 U.S.C. 1395f)

2. 42 U.S.C. 1395n(a)(2)(A)changedby H.R. 2013 Sec. 2(b)

   …when receiving items and services referred to in section 1395x(m)(7) of this title) and needs or needed skilled nursing care (other than solely venipuncture for the purpose of obtaining a blood sample) on an intermittent basis or physical or speech therapy, occupational, or speech therapy or, in the case of an individual who has been furnished home health services based on such a need and who no longer has such a need for such care or therapy, continues or continued to need occupational therapy, (ii) a plan for furnishing…

   The bill says: Section 1835(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395n(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking "or speech therapy" and all that follows through "need occupational therapy" and inserting ", occupational, or speech therapy".

   Bill text · Current law (42 U.S.C. 1395n)

From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, latest edition, which may not yet show changes made since.