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; 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.

H.R. 1179 — 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; 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.

Cosponsors added, H20 [7JA], H135 [9JA], H224 [14JA], H1431 [27JA], H1592 [4FE], H1772 [11FE], H2148 [4MR], H2361 [12MR], H2854 [2AP], H3241 [28AP], H3364 [30AP], H3448 [6MY], H4685 [20MY], H4910 [28MY], H5023 [29MY], H5068 [2JN], H5249 [10JN], H5399 [17JN], H5877 [8JY], H6217 [14JY], H6297 [15JY], H6400 [17JY], H6977 [28JY], H7128 [30JY], H7388 [9SE], H7979 [13NO], H9045 [10DE]