119th Congress Health
S. 4641: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2026
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- Introduced (completed)
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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.)
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Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Shelley Capito R-WVOriginal
- Peter Welch D-VTOriginal
- Katie Britt R-AL
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Christopher Coons D-DE
Who scored on this bill
- 1Susan Collins SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Susan Collins.
Show the full action history (2 actions)
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.