S. 313: Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015
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S. 313: Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-29 · Health · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 177.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-29 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 177. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015
Plain summary
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians. (Locum tenens [place holder], or substitute, physicians usually assume professional practices in the absence of a regular physician for reasons such as illness, pregnancy, vacation, or continuing medical education.)
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Official text
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · 33 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 313, Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 (2015-07-17)
Cosponsors on this site
Jerry Moran (R-KS), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), John Thune (R-SD), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Boozman (R-AR), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Rand Paul (R-KY), Patty Murray (D-WA), James E. Risch (R-ID)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] reported raising $527,998 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s313.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s313 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114