,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #agg #aadth         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4 #cac     
,report ,no4 #aad-ih ,,in ,,the ,,senate
 ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january 
#bi1 #bjae,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,blunt1  
,mr4 ,durbin1 ,ms4 ,heitkamp1 ,mr4      
,coons1 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1 ,mr4
 ,boozman1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,brown1   
,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,portman1 ,mrs4        
,capito1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4 ,cardin1    
,mr4 ,burr1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,ms4         
,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 ,ms4 ,ayotte1 
,mr4 ,heller1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mrs4      
,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,ms4 ,hirono1   
and ,mr4 ,wicker7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,july #cj1 #bjae,reported by ,mr4       
,hatch1 with an amendment,strike out all
 after the enacting clause and insert   
the part printed in italic  ,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 #bjae4  #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  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may  

be cited as the ,prevent ,interruptions 
in ,physical ,therapy ,act of #bjae4    
#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 therapists in a   
health professional shortage area 7as   
defined in section #ccb7;a77#a77;,a7 of 
the ,public ,health ,service ,act71 a   
medically underserved area 7as          
designated pursuant to section          
#ccj7;b77#c77;,a7 of such ,act71 or a   
rural area 7as defined in section       
#ahhf7;d77#b77;,d771 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     
,july #cj1 #bjae,reported with an       
amendment