H.R. 5613: CAH Act of 2016
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H.R. 5613: CAH Act of 2016
114th Congress · introduced 2016-07-01 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-07-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 531 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR5613 (2016-09-21), Passed. See all
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and 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
CAH Act of 2016
Plain summary
Continuing Access to Hospitals Act of 2016 or the CAH Act of 2016 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must report on the effect of extending this instruction on: (1) Medicare beneficiaries, and (2) hospital staffing needs.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] · 3 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5613, Continuing Access to Hospitals Act of 2016 (2016-07-20)
Cosponsors on this site
Adrian Smith (R-NE), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA)
Recorded votes
- House roll call 531 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR5613 (2016-09-21): Passed
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr5613.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr5613 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114