119th Congress

H.R. 3954

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Joe Courtney(D-CT)
Introduced: Jun 12, 2025
Policy area: Health
Committees: House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Ways and Means
Official text: Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (49)

Original cosponsors (3)

Added later (46)

Jared F. Golden (D-ME) · Jul 16, 2025
Julia Brownley (D-CA) · Sep 8, 2025
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) · Sep 15, 2025
Donald G. Davis (D-NC) · Sep 30, 2025
Gwen Moore (D-WI) · Oct 6, 2025
Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA) · Oct 17, 2025
Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY) · Oct 17, 2025
Zachary Nunn (R-IA) · Oct 17, 2025
Adrian Smith (R-NE) · Oct 21, 2025
Deborah K. Ross (D-NC) · Oct 21, 2025
Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA) · Oct 31, 2025
Chellie Pingree (D-ME) · Nov 7, 2025
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) · Nov 21, 2025
Julie Johnson (D-TX) · Nov 25, 2025
Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY) · Nov 25, 2025
Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL) · Dec 3, 2025
John H. Rutherford (R-FL) · Dec 3, 2025
Steven Horsford (D-NV) · Dec 3, 2025
Tracey Mann (R-KS) · Dec 10, 2025
Mike Thompson (D-CA) · Dec 17, 2025
Gabe Amo (D-RI) · Jan 7, 2026
Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) · Feb 3, 2026
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) · Feb 3, 2026
Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) · Feb 10, 2026
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) · Feb 17, 2026
Daniel Meuser (R-PA) · Mar 4, 2026
Jamie Raskin (D-MD) · Mar 4, 2026
Maxwell Frost (D-FL) · Apr 15, 2026
Rick Larsen (D-WA) · Apr 15, 2026
Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ) · Apr 28, 2026
Paul Tonko (D-NY) · May 12, 2026
Sarah McBride (D-DE) · Jun 4, 2026
Don Bacon (R-NE) · Jun 8, 2026
Cleo Fields (D-LA) · Jun 10, 2026
Grace Meng (D-NY) · Jun 10, 2026
Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA) · Jun 15, 2026
Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR) · Jun 18, 2026
Troy A. Carter (D-LA) · Jul 2, 2026
Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Jul 15, 2026
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) · Aug 6, 2026
Greg Stanton (D-AZ) · Aug 10, 2026
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) · Aug 17, 2026
Madeleine Dean (D-PA) · Sep 1, 2026
James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA) · Sep 8, 2026
Shri Thanedar (D-MI) · Sep 14, 2026
Mark Pocan (D-WI) · Sep 28, 2026

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

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.)

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

Jun 12, 2025 · House
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
Introduced in House