Senate Bill 1704: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the purpose of obtaining

August 2004 GAO Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities: High Medicare Payments in Florida Raise Program Integrity Concerns Outpatient therapy services are a covered benefit under Medicare - the federal program that finances health services for approximately 40 million elderly and disabled individuals. Each year, about 9 percent of Medicare beneficiaries use outpatient therapy services, defined by the Medicare program as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology services to improve mobility and functioning . . .