H.R. 2208: Hospice CARE
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H.R. 2208: Hospice CARE
114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-01 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Hospice CARE
Plain summary
Hospice Commitment to Accurate and Relevant Encounters Act or the Hospice CARE [ sic ] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. A clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) is allowed to conduct the face-to-face encounter with the individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification.
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Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] · 2 cosponsors
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Mike Thompson (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr2208.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr2208 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114