{"bill":{"id":"118-hr-5138","congress":118,"type":"HR","number":5138,"title":"Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2023-08-04","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"C001069","fullName":"Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]","party":"D","state":"CT","district":2}],"cosponsorsCount":25,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2024-12-17","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health."},"policyArea":"Health","subjects":["Health care coverage and access","Home and outpatient care","Hospital care","Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care","Medicare"],"actions":[{"date":"2024-12-17","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-08-11","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-08-04","text":"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.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-08-04","text":"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.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-08-04","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-08-04","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":" <p><b>Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of </b><b>2023</b></p> <p>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&nbsp;with respect to&nbsp;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.)</p>","updateDate":"2025-05-27T14:16:16Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":552,"ts":"2026-04-19T11:28:38.095Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Improving%20Access%20to%20Medicare%20Coverage%20Act%20of%202023"}]}}