US Congress Senate Bill 1486 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on August 2 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to long-term care hospitals to specify: (1) the criteria for preadmission patient screening and for admission following a face-to-face evaluation by a physician, (2) core services and patient care requirements, and (3) discharge criteria. Reduces from 48 hours to 24 hours of admission the deadline by which long-term care hospitals must validate that patients meet admission criteria.

Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2011

Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2011-08-02	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5261)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1486/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1486/BILLS-112s1486is.pdf