Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013

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Introduced

14 March 2013

Last action

11 April 2013 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4], Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1], Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23], Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6], Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15], Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7], Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10], Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]

Subjects

Healthcare

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5 December 2025

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Summary

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient with respect to satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital requirement in order to entitle the individual to Medicare coverage of any post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (SNF).

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Timeline

14 March 2013
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
14 March 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
14 March 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
15 March 2013
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
11 April 2013
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1179
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