A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to conditions of participation of home health agencies under the medicare program.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to define terms and establish personnel qualifications pertaining to home health agencies. Sets forth the following conditions of participation by a home health agency in the Medicare program: (1) that the agency and its staff comply with all Federal, State, and local laws and regulations; (2) that organization, services provided, administrative control, and lines of authority for the delegation of responsibility down to the patient care level be clearly set forth in writing and readily identifiable; (3) that a group of professional advisory committee representatives of the service provided by the agency establish, annually review, and make recommendations to the agency's governing board concerning the agency's policies governing the scope of services offered, admission and discharge policies, medical supervision and plans of treatment, emergency care, clinical records, personnel qualifications, and program evaluation; (4) that the agency have written policies requiring an overall evaluation of the agency's total program annually by the group of professional personnel, home health agency staff, and consumers, or by profession…