# 115-hr-4520: To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2017.

115-hr-4520, To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2017., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] (R-KS); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4520
- Congress: 115
- Title: To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2017.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2017-12-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] (R-KS)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2017.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2017-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
- 115-hr-5595: National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act
- 115-hr-5129: Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-4732: National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act
- 115-hr-4494: Congressional Accountability and Hush Fund Elimination Act
- 115-hr-4229: Protecting HOME Access Act of 2017

## Sources
- [115-hr-4520 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4520)

## Related
- [115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6510)
- [115-hr-5595: National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5595)
- [115-hr-5129: Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5129)
- [115-hr-4732: National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4732)
- [115-hr-4494: Congressional Accountability and Hush Fund Elimination Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4494)
- [115-hr-4229: Protecting HOME Access Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4229)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4520 (as of 2025-11-18).