,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbbe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #i1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,lujn 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,boozman1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 and ,mr4        
,grassley7 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 #bjbe4  #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 by striking 1 
and 7,j7 and all that follows through   
physicians' services furnished by       
physicians4 and inserting 1 and 7,j7 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 physicians44  7b7
 ,effective date ,the amendment made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply to items and 
services furnished after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act4