Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991

Summary

Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the requirement that extended care services be provided within a certain period following hospitalization in order to be covered under the Hospital Insurance Program; and (2) cover nursing care and home health aid services provided or needed on an intermittent basis.

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Timeline

1. 26 July 1991

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 July 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Sponsors

• Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Adams, Brock [D-WA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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