3.0.0 3144 2023-01-11T13:24:10Z 2023-01-11T13:24:10Z House H HR 2013-09-19 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McDERMOTT:H.R. 3144.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H5767]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-09-19T14:02:35Z 2013-09-19 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2013-09-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1349) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2013-09-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-09-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 N Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Health care coverage and access Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Health 00 2013-09-19 Introduced in House 2013-11-13T19:39:20Z Fairness for Beneficiaries Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for Medicare coverage for extended care services which are not post-hospital extended care services (that is, without regard to the requirement for a 3-day prior hospitalization).

Limits such coverage to extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (SNF), but only if, before the individual is admitted to the SNF, a physician or other qualified health care practitioner determines and certifies that extended care services for the individual are medically necessary.

]]> Fairness for Beneficiaries Act of 2013 Display Title Fairness for Beneficiaries Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of extended care services without regard to a requirement for a 3-day prior hospitalization, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Fairness for Beneficiaries Act of 2013 Introduced in House 2013-09-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3144ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3144ih.xml 2013-09-19 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.