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H.R. 5138 (118th)

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023

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Introduced

4 August 2023

Last action

17 December 2024 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15], Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1], Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2], Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10], Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5], Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4], Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1], Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE], Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2], Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

27 May 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023 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. 4 August 2023

    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. 4 August 2023

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 4 August 2023

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 11 August 2023

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  5. 17 December 2024

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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