H.R. 2013

Summary

H.R. 2013, the Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 10, 2025 by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R) with 27 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Mar 10, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Record

Text

H.R. 2013 has 27 co-sponsors.

119 HR 2013 IH: Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-10
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2013  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 10, 2025   Mr. Smucker  (for himself,  Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania ,  Mr. Doggett ,  Mr. Tonko ,  Mrs. Miller of West Virginia ,  Mr. Fitzpatrick , and  Mr. Davis of North Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on  Energy and Commerce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned   A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for eligibility for coverage of home health services under the Medicare program on the basis of a need for occupational therapy.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act  .
2.
Eligibility for home health services on the basis of a need for occupational therapy
(a)
Part A
Section 1814(a)(2)(C) of the  Social Security Act  ( 42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(2)(C) ) is amended by striking  or speech therapy  and all that follows through  need occupational therapy  and inserting  , occupational, or speech therapy .
(b)
Part B
Section 1835(a)(2)(A) of the  Social Security Act  ( 42 U.S.C. 1395n(a)(2)(A) ) is amended by striking  or speech therapy  and all that follows through  need occupational therapy  and inserting  , occupational, or speech therapy .
(c)
Effective date
The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to home health services provided on or after January 1, 2026.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R) sponsors H.R. 2013, and 27 members have co-sponsored it, 6 of them from the day it was introduced.

Lloyd Smucker

Rep. · R–PA-11 · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 10, 2025

Donald Davis

Rep. · D–NC-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 10, 2025 · Original

Lloyd Doggett

Rep. · D–TX-37 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 10, 2025 · Original

Brian Fitzpatrick

Rep. · R–PA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 10, 2025 · Original

John Joyce

Rep. · R–PA-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 10, 2025 · Original

Carol Miller

Rep. · R–WV-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 10, 2025 · Original

Paul Tonko

Rep. · D–NY-20 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 10, 2025 · Original

Glenn Thompson

Rep. · R–PA-15 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 24, 2025

Rudolph Yakym III

Rep. · R–IN-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 28, 2025

Mike Carey

Rep. · R–OH-15 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 5, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 2013 went before 2 committees: Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Mar 10, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Mar 10, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2013 has taken 2 actions since Mar 10, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 2013 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2013 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act — Display Title
• Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for eligibility for coverage of home health services under the Medicare program on the basis of a need for occupational therapy. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 26 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2013 in 19 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Veterans, Insurance.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 26.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2013 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2013’s is Health.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2013, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 44 (Monday, March 10, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SMUCKER:H.R. 2013.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. Constitution[Page H1068]

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