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HR 5950 111th Congress House

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2010

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of observation status in a hospital exceeding 24 hours toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of observation status in a hospital exceeding 24 hours toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.

Introduced: November 16, 2010 Introduced by: Courtney, Joe Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Health Health care coverage and accessHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
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Jul 29, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jul 29, 2010
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.
Jul 29, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jul 29, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1486)
Jul 29, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 29, 2010

Referred to House Energy and Commerce

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to post-hospital extended care services, to provide that: (1) an individual who is in a period of observation status in a hospital exceeding 24 hours shall be deemed to have been an inpatient during such period of observation status (for purposes of counting toward the three-day inpatient hospital requirement for Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility [SNF] services); and (2) the individual's leaving the hospital after such period of status shall be treated as a discharge from the hospital.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 16, 2010
Hare, Phil
· Sep 29, 2010
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 23, 2010
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 23, 2010
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Sep 23, 2010
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Aug 10, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5950: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5950/
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"H.R. 5950: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5950/.
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H.R. 5950, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5950/.
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