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S. 4137 118th Congress Senate

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2024

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: 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
Introduced in Senate
Apr 17, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action April 17, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.)

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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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