House bill · H.R. 3954 (119th Congress)
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025
U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsor: Joe Courtney (U.S. Representative, CT-2, Democratic)
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Summary
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025 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 (SNF) services. (Generally, individuals must have been an inpatient at a hospital for at least three days in order to qualify for SNF services. An individual's time spent under observation at a hospital for purposes of determining whether the individual should be admitted does not count towards this requirement.)
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Committee
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · U.S. House of Representatives
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Cosponsors
42
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- Democratic34
- Republican8
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- Adelita S. Grijalva
- Adrian Smith
- Bradley Scott Schneider
- Chellie Pingree
- Christopher R. Deluzio
- Cleo Fields
- Daniel Meuser
- Deborah K. Ross
- Don Bacon
- Donald G. Davis
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
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- Eugene Simon Vindman
- Gabe Amo
- Glenn Thompson
- Grace Meng
- Gwen Moore
- Jamie Raskin
- Janelle S. Bynum
- Jared F. Golden
- John H. Rutherford
- Josh Gottheimer
- Julia Brownley
- Julie Johnson
- Linda T. Sánchez
- Lloyd Doggett
- Mary Gay Scanlon
- Maxwell Frost
- Mike Thompson
- Paul Tonko
- Rashida Tlaib
- Rick Larsen
- Ron Estes
- Sarah McBride
- Stephen F. Lynch
- Steven Horsford
- Suzan K. DelBene
- Thomas R. Suozzi
- Timothy M. Kennedy
- Tracey Mann
- Troy A. Carter
- Zachary Nunn
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Full history
- Oct 17, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. House
U.S. House
- Jun 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
U.S. House of Representatives
- Jun 12, 2025
In committee
Referred 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.
U.S. House
- Jun 12, 2025
Referred to committee
Referred 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 12, 2025
Referred to committee
Referred 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.
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- Jun 12, 2025
Referred to committee
Referred 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.
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