Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017

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Introduced

8 March 2017

Last action

16 March 2017 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1], Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10], Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6], Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18], Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2], Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4], Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8], Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11], Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

6 December 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient for purposes of satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital-stay requirement with respect to Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility services.

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Timeline

8 March 2017
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
8 March 2017
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
8 March 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
8 March 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
10 March 2017
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
16 March 2017
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee

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Related records

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1421
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1421
us · 115-hr-1421 · source updated 6 December 2025