,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #af1
 #bjad ,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,casey1 and ,mr4 ,moran7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title    
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act to
 add physical therapists to the list of 
providers allowed to utilize locum      
tenens arrangements under ,medicare4    
#a4  ,short title  ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,prevent ,interruptions in 
,physical ,therapy ,act of #bjad4  #b4  
,allowing physical therapists to utilize
 locum tenens arrangements under        
,medicare  7a7  ,in general  ,the first 
sentence of section #ahdb7;b77#f7 of the
 ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#acieu7b77#f77 is amended--  7#a7 by    
striking and before 7,h72 and  7#b7 by  
inserting before the period at the end  
the following3 1 and 7,i7 in the case of
 outpatient physical therapy services   

furnished by physical therapists1       
subparagraph 7,d7 of this sentence shall
 apply to such services and therapists  
in the same manner as such subparagraph 
applies to physicians' services         
furnished by physicians4  7b7           
,effective date  ,the amendments made by
 subsection 7a7 shall apply to services 
furnished after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act4