A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act so as to eliminate, in certain cases, the requirement that an insured individual have first been admitted to a hospital in order to qualify under such title for the extended care services provided thereunder.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Eliminates, in specified cases, the requirement that an individual insured under the Medicare provisions of the Social Security Act have first been admitted to a hospital in order to qualify for the extended care services provided thereunder.…