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.

The bill introduced in the 119th Congress under the designation S. 4641 aims to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act. The bill proposes counting a period of receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital towards meeting the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility services.