US HB1179 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 127-34-1-1)
Status: Introduced on March 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013 - 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 (SNF).

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Title

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013

Sponsors

Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]
Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. John Carney [D-DE]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]Rep. George Miller [D-CA]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]
Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]Rep. William Owens [D-NY]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]Rep. David Price [D-NC]Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

History

DateChamberAction
2013-04-11HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-15HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-14HouseReferred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-03-14HouseReferred to House Ways and Means
2013-03-14HouseReferred 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.

Same As/Similar To

SB569 (Same As) 2013-03-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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