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S 818 112th Congress Senate

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011

Official title: 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-da… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: May 25, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health Health care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
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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
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 Latest action April 14, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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).


 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1543 Identical bill Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Dec 21, 2012
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 31, 2012
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 25, 2011
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · May 3, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 818: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-818/
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"S. 818: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-818/.
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S. 818, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-818/.
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