I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1421 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 8, 2017 Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. DeFazio , Ms. DeLauro , Ms. Tsongas , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Langevin , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Heck , Mr. Walz , Mr. Ellison , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , and Mr. Sensenbrenner ) introduced the following bill; which was 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 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 stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare, and for other purposes.