Bill Sponsor
House Bill 1421
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
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Introduced
Introduced in House on Mar 8, 2017
Overview
Text
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Mar 8, 2017
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Mar 16, 2017
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Bill Number
1421
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115
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House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
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.

Text (1)
March 8, 2017
Actions (4)
03/16/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
03/10/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
03/08/2017
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.
03/08/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
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