Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
Latest action · Jun 1, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 1, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
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 services.
Cosponsors 53
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 1, 2021 to Apr 7, 2022, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| R-KS | Ron Estes | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Jun 1, 2021 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| R-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Victoria Spartz | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Jul 30, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Jul 30, 2021 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Aug 24, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Anthony Gonzalez | Aug 24, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Aug 24, 2021 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Feb 7, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Apr 7, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 1, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 1, 2021Referred 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.
- Jun 1, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2048 | Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Jun 15, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 1, 2021Introduced in House
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