{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-3954","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":3954,"title":"Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-06-12","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"C001069","fullName":"Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]","party":"D","state":"CT","district":2}],"cosponsorsCount":32,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-06-12","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."},"policyArea":"Health","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-06-12","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":"2025-06-12","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":"2025-06-12","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-12","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of </strong><strong>2025</strong></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":"2026-04-17T08:07:28Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":416,"ts":"2026-04-19T09:59:51.224Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Improving%20Access%20to%20Medicare%20Coverage%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}