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S. Rept. 114-103 1 (2015-07-30)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxsau0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 182 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session SENATE 114-103 COMMUNITY BASED INDEPENDENCE FOR SENIORS ACT JULY 30, 2015.-Ordered to be printed Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 704] The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the bill (S. 704) to establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. I. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the bill (S. 704) to establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. Background and need for legislative action Medicare covers a broad range of medical treatments, services, and equipment needed by beneficiaries, but there are limitations to Medicare's coverage. To be covered by Medicare, items or services must be considered reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury, or to improve the functioning of a body part.1 Medicare law defines categories of services and items that Medicare routinely covers, but Medicare, unlike Medicaid, does not cover long-term services and supports (LTSS) such as 'Social Security Act (SSA) Sec. 1862(a)(1). 49-010

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