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HR 3144 113th Congress House

Fairness for Beneficiaries Act of 2013

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of extended care services without regard to a requirement for a 3-day prior hospitalization, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 19, 2013 See on congress.gov
Health Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth care coverage and accessLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
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Sep 19, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 19, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1349)
Sep 19, 2013
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 Latest action September 19, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness for Beneficiaries Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for Medicare coverage for extended care services which are not post-hospital extended care services (that is, without regard to the requirement for a 3-day prior hospitalization).

Limits such coverage to extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (SNF), but only if, before the individual is admitted to the SNF, a physician or other qualified health care practitioner determines and certifies that extended care services for the individual are medically necessary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3144: Fairness for Beneficiaries Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3144/
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"H.R. 3144: Fairness for Beneficiaries Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3144/.
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H.R. 3144, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3144/.
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