H.R. 1421 - Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
- 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 stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has been referred to committee.
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
H.R. 1421 — 115th Congress (2017–2018)
- 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 stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare, and for other purposes. (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 stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
- Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
- Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
- Sponsor
- Joe Courtney
- Co-Sponsors
- Alma S. Adams
- Mark E. Amodei
- Lou Barletta
- Joyce Beatty
- Ami Bera
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
- Mike Bishop
- Earl Blumenauer
- Robert A. Brady
- Julia Brownley
- Cheri Bustos
- André Carson
- David N. Cicilline
- Katherine M. Clark
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Mike Coffman
- Steve Cohen
- Gerald E. Connolly
- John Conyers, Jr.
- Joseph Crowley
- Peter A. DeFazio
- Diana DeGette
- John K. Delaney
- Rosa L. DeLauro
- Suzan K. DelBene
- Theodore E. Deutch
- Lloyd Doggett
- Michael F. Doyle
- Keith Ellison
- Anna G. Eshoo
- Elizabeth H. Esty
- John J. Faso
- Bill Foster
- Lois Frankel
- John Garamendi
- Raúl M. Grijalva
- Alcee L. Hastings
- Denny Heck
- Brian Higgins
- James A. Himes
- Hakeem S. Jeffries
- Marcy Kaptur
- Joseph P. Kennedy III
- Ro Khanna
- Derek Kilmer
- Ron Kind
- Ann M. Kuster
- Conor Lamb
- James R. Langevin
- Rick Larsen
- John B. Larson
- Al Lawson, Jr.
- David Loebsack
- Michelle Lujan Grisham
- Stephen F. Lynch
- Sean Patrick Maloney
- Doris O. Matsui
- Betty McCollum
- James P. McGovern
- Grace Meng
- Gwen Moore
- Jerrold Nadler
- Richard M. Nolan
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Bill Pascrell, Jr.
- Donald M. Payne, Jr.
- Scott H. Peters
- Collin C. Peterson
- Chellie Pingree
- Mark Pocan
- David E. Price
- David G. Reichert
- Cedric L. Richmond
- Keith J. Rothfus
- Bobby L. Rush
- Tim Ryan
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- Adam B. Schiff
- David Scott
- F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Adam Smith
- Lloyd Smucker
- Elise M. Stefanik
- Eric Swalwell
- Mark Takano
- Glenn Thompson
- Dina Titus
- Niki Tsongas
- Nydia M. Velázquez
- Timothy J. Walz
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Peter Welch
- 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 3/08/2017 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 3/08/2017 3/08/2017 Introduced in House 3/08/2017 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. 3/10/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 3/16/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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