US HB5138 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-7)
Status: Introduced on August 4 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-08-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on August 4 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-08-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
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.
Title
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023
Sponsors
| Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT] | Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA] | Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA] | Rep. Ron Estes [R-KS] |
| Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN] | Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY] | Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME] | Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME] |
| Rep. Nicholas Langworthy [R-NY] | Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA] | Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL] | Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL] |
| Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA] | Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO] | Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA] | Rep. Tracey Mann [R-KS] |
| Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE] | Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA] | Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY] | Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE] |
| Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO] | Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN] | Rep. Dan Meuser [R-PA] | Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-11 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2023-08-04 | House | 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. |
| 2023-08-04 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB4137 (Related) 2024-04-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5138/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr5138/BILLS-118hr5138ih.pdf |
