H.R. 3650: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-01 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-01 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021

Plain summary

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021 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 services.

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Official text

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · 53 cosponsors

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Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Ron Estes (R-KS), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Dina Titus (D-NV), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), David Kustoff (R-TN), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Troy E. Nehls (R-TX), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jason Smith (R-MO), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] reported raising $966,514 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr3650.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3650 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117