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S 4137 118th Congress Senate Health

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024

Introduced: April 17, 2024 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Apr 17, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024

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 April 17, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Lobbying activity 5

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Apr 17, 2024
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Apr 17, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4137: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4137/
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"S. 4137: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4137/.
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S. 4137, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4137/.
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[S. 4137: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4137/)
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