US SB568 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-4-1)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 8 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
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.
Title
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017
Sponsors
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] | Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME] | Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL] | Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV] |
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI] | Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Al Franken [D-MN] |
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] | Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT] | Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA] |
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH] | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] | Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE] | Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] |
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] | Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI] |
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Angus King [I-ME] | Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN] | Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-03-08 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB1421 (Same As) 2017-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
Health
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/568/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s568/BILLS-115s568is.pdf |