United States · Bill · S
S. 843 (114th)
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015
Introduced
24 March 2015
Last action
24 March 2015 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 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.
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Timeline
24 March 2015
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
24 March 2015
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 24 March 2015 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
- related to ← Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/843
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/843
- us · 114-s-843 · source updated 12 August 2025