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HR 5138 118th Congress House 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 2023

Introduced: November 7, 2023 Introduced by: Courtney, Joe Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 11, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 4, 2023
Introduced in House
Aug 4, 2023
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.
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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023

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 (SNF) services. (Generally, individuals must have been an inpatient at a hospital for at least three days in order to qualify for SNF services. An individual's time spent under observation at a hospital for purposes of determining whether the individual should be admitted does not count towards this requirement.)

What's happening now December 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 18 Republican 7
D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 27, 2024
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Sep 16, 2024
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Mar 29, 2024
 R
Meuser, Daniel
Pennsylvania · Mar 19, 2024
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 5, 2024
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Feb 13, 2024
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Feb 13, 2024
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jan 18, 2024
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Nov 29, 2023
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Nov 29, 2023
 R
Mann, Tracey
Kansas · Nov 7, 2023
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Nov 2, 2023
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Nov 2, 2023
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Oct 25, 2023
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Oct 25, 2023
 D
Frost, Maxwell
Florida · Sep 21, 2023
 R
Langworthy, Nicholas A.
New York · Sep 21, 2023
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 21, 2023
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 14, 2023
 D
Golden, Jared F.
Maine · Sep 14, 2023
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 14, 2023
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 14, 2023
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DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Aug 4, 2023
 R
Estes, Ron
Kansas · Aug 4, 2023
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Aug 4, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5138: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5138/
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"H.R. 5138: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5138/.
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H.R. 5138, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5138/.
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