H.R. 5232 · 113th Congress
NOTICE Act
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Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act or the NOTICE Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a hospital with an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to give each individual entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance), whom the hospital…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 29, 2014
Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act or the NOTICE Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a hospital with an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to give each individual entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance), whom the hospital classifies for more than 24 hours as an outpatient under observation status or any other similar status, an adequate oral and written notification within 36 hours of that classification which:
- explains the individual's status as an outpatient under observation (or any similar status) and not as an inpatient;
- explains the reason for that classification;
- explains the implications of that outpatient status on eligibility for Medicare coverage of items and services as well as cost-sharing requirements;
- includes the name and title of the hospital staff who gave an oral notification and its date and time; and
- is signed by individual, if the notification is written, to acknowledge its receipt.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: NOTICE Act
Also known as: Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act
Latest action (Aug 1, 2014): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 29, 2014
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.