H.R. 1516: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-19 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-19 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015

Plain summary

Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover, as medical and other health services, complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) items designed or individually configured for a specific qualified individual to meet that individual's unique: (1) medical, physical, or functional needs related to a medical condition; and (2) capacities for basic activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental ADLs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) designate CRT items (excluding adaptive equipment to operate motor vehicles or certain prosthetic devices and orthotics); and (2) establish eligibility criteria for them. Prescribes requirements for payments for CRT items. Directs the Secretary to establish standards for clinical conditions for CRT item payment as well as quality standards for suppliers of such items. Directs the Secretary to establish a formal process to allow submission of CRT code set modification requests by stakeholder groups for comprehensive coding changes related to entire policy groups. Requires payment for replacement of a CRT item (or any part of one), without regard to certain continuous use or useful lifetime restrictions established for items of durable medical equipment, if a qualified ordering practitioner determines that a replacement item (or part) is necessary.

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Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015

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Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · 172 cosponsors

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Andy Barr (R-KY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Mike Kelly (R-PA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Roger Williams (R-TX), David P. Joyce (R-OH), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), J. French Hill (R-AR), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA) and 112 more.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1516.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1516 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114