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Introduced

In Committee

3

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Joe Courtney

Democrat · CT · Representative

Votes with party: 97.0% (528 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (34)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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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.

2025-06-12

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Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on Ways and MeansReferred To · 2025-06-12
House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-06-12

Previously

Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-06-12
Ways and Means CommitteeReferred To · 2025-06-12

Plain-English Summary

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025 This bill deems an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital as an inpatient for purposes of satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital-stay requirement with respect to Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility (SNF) services. (Generally, individuals must have been an inpatient at a hospital for at least three days in order to qualify for SNF services. An individual's time spent under observation at a hospital for purposes of determining whether the individual should be admitted does not count towards this requirement.)

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Health

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