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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2026

S. 4641 Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) In committee
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  1. Introduced May 21
  2. Committee May 21
  3. Passed Senate Next
  4. Passed House Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, May 21, 2026Next: Senate vote
160d ago May 21, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Summary

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2026

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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.)

Library of Congress summary, May 21, 2026

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  • Introduced in SenateMay 21, 2026

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