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Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act

This bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish and biennially update a list of all rehabilitation innovation centers. The bill defines rehabilitation innovation centers as rehabilitation facilities that (1) hold specified federal research and training designations for traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury research, and (2) serve at least a certain number of Medicare patients.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2021-10-06CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2021-10-05CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2021-10-05IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2021-10-05IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2021-10-05IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Health
See Subjects
  • Congressional oversight
  • Government information and archives
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
  • Medical research
  • Medicare
  • Neurological disorders

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