H.R. 7053: Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-09 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-03-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act

Plain summary

Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act This bill extends the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program under Medicare until two years after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (the program allows hospitals to treat certain patients from emergency departments or inpatient hospital beds at home during the emergency period). It also requires an evaluation of this program and the Hospital Without Walls program (the program allowed hospitals to transfer patients to outside facilities, such as hotels, to continue treatment during the emergency period).

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Official text

Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] · 32 cosponsors

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Adrian Smith (R-NE), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Ashley Hinson (R-IA)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr7053.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7053 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117