II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 568 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 8, 2017 Mr. Brown (for himself, Ms. Collins , Mr. Nelson , and Mrs. Capito ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL 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 requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.