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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-753| Senate 
| Updated: 3/12/2019
Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

Democratic Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (23)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)James Lankford (Republican)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Mar 12, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 12, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 13, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-1682
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • March 12, 2019
    Introduced in Senate
  • March 12, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • March 13, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-1682
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-1682: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019
Health care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-753| Senate 
| Updated: 3/12/2019
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.
View Full Text

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Timeline
Mar 12, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 12, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 13, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-1682
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • March 12, 2019
    Introduced in Senate
  • March 12, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • March 13, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-1682
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

Democratic Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (23)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)James Lankford (Republican)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-1682: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Health care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare