1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017 . 2. Improving care planning for Medicare home health services (a) Part A provisions Section 1814(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395f(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist who is working in collaboration with a physician in accordance with State law, a certified nurse-midwife (as defined in section 1861(gg)) as authorized by State law, or a physician assistant (as defined in section 1861(aa)(5)) under the supervision of a physician after 1866(j) ; and (B) in subparagraph (C)— (i) by inserting , a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant (as the case may be) after physician the first 2 times it appears; and (ii) by striking , and, in the case of a certification made by a physician and all that follows through face-to-face encounter and inserting , and, in the case of a certification made by a physician after January 1, 2010, or by a nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant (as the case may be) after January 1, 2018, prior to making such certification the physician, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant must document that the physician, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant has had a face-to-face encounter ; (2) in the second sentence, by inserting certified nurse-midwife, after clinical nurse specialist, ; (3) in the third sentence— (A) by striking physician certification and inserting certification ; (B) by inserting (or on January 1, 2018, in the case of regulations to implement the amendments made by section 2 of the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017 ) after 1981