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S 753 116th 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 2019

Introduced: March 12, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Mar 12, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 12, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019

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 services.

What's happening now March 12, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1682 Related bill Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 13 Republican 3 Independent 1
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Nov 14, 2019
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 12, 2019
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Mar 14, 2019
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 12, 2019
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Mar 12, 2019
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 12, 2019
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Mar 12, 2019
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Mar 12, 2019
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Mar 12, 2019
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 12, 2019
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 12, 2019
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Mar 12, 2019
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 12, 2019
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Mar 12, 2019
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Mar 12, 2019
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Mar 12, 2019
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 12, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 753: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-753/
MLA
"S. 753: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-753/.
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S. 753, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-753/.
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