S. 3315: Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2010
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S. 3315: Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-05-05 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-05-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2010
Plain summary
Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with respect to the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services and adjustments to it for case mix changes. Requires for 2011 and each subsequent year that any evaluation of case mix changes and any such adjustment be made using standards developed consistent with specified processes, taking certain criteria into account. Directs the Secretary to convene a Technical Advisory Group to advise on the development of such standards.
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Official text
Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · 4 cosponsors
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Patty Murray (D-WA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] reported raising $22.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Securities
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s3315.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s3315 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111