3.0.0 753 2022-11-01T17:32:21Z 2022-11-01T17:32:21Z Senate S 2019-03-12 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-12T18:44:05Z Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019 116 1682 HR 2019-03-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2019-03-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-03-12 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2019-03-12 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-03-12 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-03-12 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2019-03-12 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2019-03-12 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-03-12 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-03-12 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-03-12 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-03-12 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-03-12 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-03-12 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-03-12 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-03-12 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-03-12 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-03-12 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2019-03-12 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-03-12 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2019-03-14 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2019-03-27 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-06-12 False S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2019-10-16 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-11-14 False Health Health care coverage and access Home and outpatient care Hospital care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Health 00 2019-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2019-03-29T15:12:12Z Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019

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 services.

]]> Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019 Display Title Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s753is/xml/BILLS-116s753is.xml 2019-03-12 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.