3.0.0 843 2023-01-11T13:27:48Z 2023-01-11T13:27:48Z Senate S 2015-03-24 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-24T14:40:52Z Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 114 1571 HR 2015-04-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-03-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-03-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-03-24 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2015-03-24 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2015-03-24 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-04-13 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-04-13 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-04-14 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2015-04-15 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-04-27 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2015-04-28 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2015-05-04 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2015-06-02 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2015-06-02 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-06-03 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-06-09 False H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2015-06-11 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-06-15 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-06-22 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-06-22 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-06-24 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-09-08 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2016-02-11 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2016-04-04 False E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2016-06-23 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2016-09-29 False Health Health care coverage and access Home and outpatient care Hospital care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Health 00 2015-03-24 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-27T16:18:38Z Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient with respect to satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital requirement in order to entitle the individual to Medicare coverage of any post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility.

]]> Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 Display Title Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s843is/xml/BILLS-114s843is.xml 2015-03-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.