{"format":1,"id":"117-s-2834","congress":117,"number":"S. 2834","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers under the Medicare program.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers under the Medicare program."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-341","introduced":"2021-09-23","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-12-21","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h535","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act","result":"Passed","yea":393,"nay":19,"present":0,"not_voting":18,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll535.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2022-12-08","vote":null,"how":"voice_vote","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7083)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2023-01-05"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-341.","date":"2023-01-05"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-01-05","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This act directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish and biennially update a list of all rehabilitation innovation centers. The act 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. The CMS may waive such criteria as it deems appropriate."}],"words":81},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish and regularly update a list of rehabilitation innovation centers under Medicare's inpatient rehabilitation facility provisions, and to report to Congress on preserving access to those centers.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2834/text/enr#ida06f4697840b4e2dadf3b3a1fd750e97:~:text=2.%20Preserving%20access%20to%20rehabilitation%20innovation%20centers"}]},"core_areas":["Public list of rehabilitation innovation centers under Medicare","Criteria for a rehabilitation facility to be listed as a rehabilitation innovation center","Report to Congress on access to rehabilitation innovation centers"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 1886(j)(7)(E) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary, beginning not later than 18 months after enactment, to post a list of all rehabilitation innovation centers on the website and update it at least every two years.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2834/text/enr#ida06f4697840b4e2dadf3b3a1fd750e97:~:text=2.%20Preserving%20access%20to%20rehabilitation%20innovation%20centers"}},{"text":"Defines a rehabilitation innovation center as a rehabilitation facility that is classified as one in the IRF Rate Setting File for Federal Fiscal Year 2019 and holds a federal research and training designation for traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury research.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2834/text/enr#ida06f4697840b4e2dadf3b3a1fd750e97:~:text=2.%20Preserving%20access%20to%20rehabilitation%20innovation%20centers"}},{"text":"Also requires a listed facility to submit a description of its clinical research enterprise, and to have a minimum Medicare estimated average weight per discharge of 1.20 and a minimum teaching status of 0.075.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2834/text/enr#ida06f4697840b4e2dadf3b3a1fd750e97:~:text=2.%20Preserving%20access%20to%20rehabilitation%20innovation%20centers"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary, as determined appropriate, to waive any of the requirements for a facility to qualify as a rehabilitation innovation center.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2834/text/enr#ida06f4697840b4e2dadf3b3a1fd750e97:~:text=2.%20Preserving%20access%20to%20rehabilitation%20innovation%20centers"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress within 3 years of enactment containing any recommendations on action the Secretary determines appropriate to preserve access to rehabilitation innovation centers.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2834/text/enr#ida06f4697840b4e2dadf3b3a1fd750e97:~:text=2.%20Preserving%20access%20to%20rehabilitation%20innovation%20centers"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"process_change","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2834/text/enr#ida06f4697840b4e2dadf3b3a1fd750e97:~:text=2.%20Preserving%20access%20to%20rehabilitation%20innovation%20centers"},"heading":"Preserving access to rehabilitation innovation centers under Medicare","effect":"Lets the Secretary implement the list provisions by program instruction or otherwise, and states that the Paperwork Reduction Act (chapter 35 of title 44) does not apply to data collected under them.","amount":null,"quote":"Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, shall not apply to data collected under clauses (ii) through (v)."}]}],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2834/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2834","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2834/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-2834.png","v":"5561e682af4d","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 2834, 117th Congress: Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022. House: 393 Yea, 19 Nay. Senate: voice vote. Outcome: Became law, 5 Jan 2023."}}