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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-5138| House 
| Updated: 12/17/2024
Joe Courtney

Joe Courtney

Democratic Representative

Connecticut

Cosponsors (25)
Jared F. Golden (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Maxwell Frost (Democratic)Madeleine Dean (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Suzan K. DelBene (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)Daniel Meuser (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Nicholas A. Langworthy (Republican)Ron Estes (Republican)John H. Rutherford (Republican)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Mary Gay Scanlon (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Diana DeGette (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Rashida Tlaib (Democratic)Tracey Mann (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023 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 (SNF) services. (Generally, individuals must have been an inpatient at a hospital for at least three days in order to qualify for SNF services. An individual's time spent under observation at a hospital for purposes of determining whether the individual should be admitted does not count towards this requirement.)
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-1682
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-3650
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
Aug 4, 2023
Introduced in House
Aug 4, 2023
Referred 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.
Aug 11, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 17, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-4137
Introduced in Senate
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-1682
    Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-3650
    Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021


  • August 4, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • August 4, 2023
    Referred 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.


  • August 11, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • April 17, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-4137
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 17, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Related Bills

  • S 118-4137: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024
Health care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-5138| House 
| Updated: 12/17/2024
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023 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 (SNF) services. (Generally, individuals must have been an inpatient at a hospital for at least three days in order to qualify for SNF services. An individual's time spent under observation at a hospital for purposes of determining whether the individual should be admitted does not count towards this requirement.)
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-1682
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-3650
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
Aug 4, 2023
Introduced in House
Aug 4, 2023
Referred 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.
Aug 11, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 17, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-4137
Introduced in Senate
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-1682
    Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-3650
    Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021


  • August 4, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • August 4, 2023
    Referred 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.


  • August 11, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • April 17, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-4137
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 17, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Joe Courtney

Joe Courtney

Democratic Representative

Connecticut

Cosponsors (25)
Jared F. Golden (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Maxwell Frost (Democratic)Madeleine Dean (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Suzan K. DelBene (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)Daniel Meuser (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Nicholas A. Langworthy (Republican)Ron Estes (Republican)John H. Rutherford (Republican)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Mary Gay Scanlon (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Diana DeGette (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Rashida Tlaib (Democratic)Tracey Mann (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • S 118-4137: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Health care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare