II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 753 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 12, 2019 Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse , Mrs. Capito , Ms. Collins , Mr. King , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Reed , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Coons , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Harris , Mr. Peters , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Cardin , Ms. Smith , Mr. Markey , Ms. Stabenow , and Ms. Warren ) 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.