S 818
112th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011
Introduced: April 14, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 14, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 14, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2510)
Apr 14, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient with respect to satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital requirement in order to entitle the individual to Medicare coverage of any post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (SNF).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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