House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Jun 12, 2025 — 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3954.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COURTNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2822):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3954, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
49 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 41 Democrats
8 of 49 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Troy Carter (D-LA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ron Estes (R-KS), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Grace Meng (D-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 10360 (119th) Safeguarding Taxpayer Investment for Executive Airlift Act of 2026
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
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