118th Congress Health
H.R. 5138: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023
Introduced
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (not reached)
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- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill deems an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital as an inpatient for purposes of satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital-stay requirement with respect to Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility (SNF) services. (Generally, individuals must have been an inpatient at a hospital for at least three days in order to qualify for SNF services. An individual's time spent under observation at a hospital for purposes of determining whether the individual should be admitted does not count towards this requirement.)
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Suzan DelBene D-WAOriginal
- Ron Estes R-KSOriginal
- Glenn Thompson R-PAOriginal
- Steve Cohen D-TN
- Jared Golden D-ME
- Jerrold Nadler D-NY
- Chellie Pingree D-ME
- Maxwell Frost D-FL
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Nicholas Langworthy R-NY
- Julia Brownley D-CA
- John Rutherford R-FL
- Diana DeGette D-CO
- Madeleine Dean D-PA
- Tracey Mann R-KS
- Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE
- Mary Scanlon D-PA
- Paul Tonko D-NY
- Don Bacon R-NE
- Joe Neguse D-CO
- Betty McCollum D-MN
- Daniel Meuser R-PA
- Rashida Tlaib D-MI
- Donald Beyer D-VA
- Jamie Raskin D-MD
Who scored on this bill
- 1Joe Courtney SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Joe Courtney.
Show the full action history (4 actions)
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.