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H.R. 3954 (119th)

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025

Original

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

12 June 2025

Last action

12 June 2025 · Introduced

Status

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.

Sponsors

Joe Courtney, Glenn Thompson, Suzan DelBene, Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4], Jared Golden, Julia Brownley, Lloyd Doggett, Donald Davis, Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3], Linda Sánchez, Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3], Adrian Smith, Deborah Ross, Donald Beyer, Chellie Pingree, Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5], Timothy Kennedy, Julie Johnson, Bradley Schneider, Steven Horsford, John Rutherford, Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1], Mike Thompson, Gabe Amo, Rashida Tlaib, Mary Gay Scanlon, Stephen Lynch, Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9], Jamie Raskin, Rick Larsen, Maxwell Frost, Adelita Grijalva, Paul Tonko, Sarah McBride, Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2], Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6], Cleo Fields, Christopher Deluzio, Janelle Bynum, Troy Carter, Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7], Vicente Gonzalez, Greg Stanton, Jimmy Panetta

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

18 August 2026

Healthcare

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Summary

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025 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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Timeline

  1. 12 June 2025

    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

  2. 12 June 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 12 June 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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