H.R. 1179 - Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013
- Sponsor:
- Joe Courtney
- Summary:
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has been referred to committee.
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013
H.R. 1179 — 113th Congress (2013–2014)
- Summary
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.
- Other Titles
- Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013
- Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013
- Sponsor
- Joe Courtney
- Co-Sponsors
- Robert E. Andrews
- Spencer Bachus
- Ron Barber
- Lou Barletta
- Andy Barr
- Joyce Beatty
- Ami Bera
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
- Timothy H. Bishop
- Earl Blumenauer
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Robert A. Brady
- Bruce L. Braley
- Corrine Brown
- Julia Brownley
- Cheri Bustos
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Lois Capps
- Michael E. Capuano
- John C. Carney Jr.
- André Carson
- Matt Cartwright
- Kathy Castor
- Donna M. Christensen
- David N. Cicilline
- Katherine M. Clark
- Yvette D. Clarke
- Wm. Lacy Clay
- Howard Coble
- Steve Cohen
- Gerald E. Connolly
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford
- Ander Crenshaw
- Joseph Crowley
- Henry Cuellar
- Elijah E. Cummings
- Peter A. DeFazio
- Diana DeGette
- John K. Delaney
- Rosa L. DeLauro
- Suzan K. DelBene
- Charles W. Dent
- Theodore E. Deutch
- Lloyd Doggett
- Michael F. Doyle
- Sean P. Duffy
- John J. Duncan, Jr.
- Keith Ellison
- William L. Enyart
- Anna G. Eshoo
- Elizabeth H. Esty
- Sam Farr
- Stephen Lee Fincher
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick
- Bill Foster
- Lois Frankel
- Marcia L. Fudge
- John Garamendi
- Joe Garcia
- Christopher P. Gibson
- Raúl M. Grijalva
- Colleen Hanabusa
- Richard L. Hanna
- Alcee L. Hastings
- Denny Heck
- Joseph J. Heck
- Brian Higgins
- James A. Himes
- Rush Holt
- Steven Horsford
- Jared Huffman
- Steve Israel
- Hakeem S. Jeffries
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- David P. Joyce
- Marcy Kaptur
- William R. Keating
- Robin L. Kelly
- Joseph P. Kennedy III
- Derek Kilmer
- Ron Kind
- Ann M. Kuster
- Leonard Lance
- James R. Langevin
- Rick Larsen
- John B. Larson
- Tom Latham
- Frank A. LoBiondo
- David Loebsack
- Zoe Lofgren
- Alan S. Lowenthal
- Michelle Lujan Grisham
- Stephen F. Lynch
- Daniel B. Maffei
- Carolyn B. Maloney
- Tom Marino
- Jim Matheson
- Doris O. Matsui
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Betty McCollum
- James P. McGovern
- Patrick T. McHenry
- Grace Meng
- Michael H. Michaud
- George Miller
- Gwen Moore
- James P. Moran
- Patrick Murphy
- Tim Murphy
- Jerrold Nadler
- Richard E. Neal
- Gloria Negrete McLeod
- Richard M. Nolan
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Richard B. Nugent
- Beto O’Rourke
- William L. Owens
- Bill Pascrell, Jr.
- Donald M. Payne, Jr.
- Ed Perlmutter
- Scott Perry
- Scott H. Peters
- Collin C. Peterson
- Thomas E. Petri
- Pedro R. Pierluisi
- Chellie Pingree
- Mark Pocan
- Jared Polis
- David E. Price
- Nick J. Rahall II
- Charles B. Rangel
- Tom Reed
- Reid J. Ribble
- Keith J. Rothfus
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Linda T. Sánchez
- John P. Sarbanes
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- Adam B. Schiff
- Bradley Scott Schneider
- Kurt Schrader
- Allyson Y. Schwartz
- David Scott
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Michael K. Simpson
- Kyrsten Sinema
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter
- Adam Smith
- Steve Stivers
- Eric Swalwell
- Mark Takano
- John F. Tierney
- Dina Titus
- Paul Tonko
- Niki Tsongas
- Greg Walden
- Timothy J. Walz
- Peter Welch
- Robert J. Wittman
- Don Young
- Subjects
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicare
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- Major Actions
Introduced 3/14/2013 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 3/14/2013 3/14/2013 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. 3/14/2013 Referred to House Ways and Means 3/14/2013 Referred to House Energy and Commerce 3/14/2013 Introduced in House 3/15/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 4/11/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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