H.R. 750: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-30 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-30 · 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 2017

Plain summary

Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a separate Medicare benefit category for complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) items that: (1) are designed or configured to meet an individual's unique needs and capacities; (2) are primarily used to serve a medical or functional purpose; and (3) require certain services to ensure appropriate design, configuration, and use. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall designate CRT items and establish eligibility criteria with respect to such items, in accordance with specified exclusions and other requirements. The CMS must also establish: (1) a payment system applicable to CRT items, subject to clinical conditions and other specified requirements; (2) quality standards for suppliers of CRT items; and (3) a formal process for the submission of certain CRT code-set modification requests by stakeholder groups. If specified requirements are met, Medicare payment must be made for the replacement of a CRT item (or item part), without regard to certain continuous-use or useful-lifetime restrictions applicable to items of durable medical equipment. In addition, Medicare payment may be made for the temporary rental of a CRT item if such an item owned by a qualified enrollee is undergoing necessary repairs.

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Official text

Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2017

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · 116 cosponsors

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John B. Larson (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Andy Barr (R-KY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Mike Kelly (R-PA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Judy Chu (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and 56 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr750.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr750 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115