HR 1571 · 114th Congress · Health

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015

Introduced 2015-03-24· Sponsored by Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]· House

Bill Progress

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Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2015-04-07)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient with respect to satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital requirement in order to entitle the individual to Medicare coverage of any post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility.…

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Cosponsors (20)

17 Democrats3 Republicans
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]ME
Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]MA
Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]CA
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]NY
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]OR
Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]NM
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]CT
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]TX
Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]NJ
Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]FL
Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]CT
Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]MA
Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]MA
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]OR
Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]VA
Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22]NY
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]IL
Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]NY
Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]OR
Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]WA